The ECMWF weather model shows snow first hitting the UK in the early hours of March 2 with western parts of Scotland in the firing line.

Because the world is a sphere, it is difficult to accurately project this on a two-dimensional map. When the world is ... Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. The countries are divided further ...

However, as reported by the Mirror, the maps also show March 3 will bring more of the white stuff, predominantly to Scotland and northern parts of England where 2cm per hour flurries are possible ...