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Reem Ahmed

Met Office gives major update to its snow forecast for Wales and this is where it's expected

The Met Office has given a major update to its snow forecast in Wales. Previously, on Saturday, the weather agency's maps showed there would be some in north Wales tonight (Sunday) and on Monday, and then snowfall in different parts of the country on Tuesday with particularly heavy downfalls in the south east.

The latest forecast still shows a little bit of snow up north on Sunday and Monday. Snow is expected to fall in the south west on Tuesday and head across the south, before just falling in small patches in the north by the evening. There is a more snowfall expected across the country throughout Wednesday, while Friday is set to be very wet everywhere.

Whether there's snow or not, temperatures are set to fall in the coming days, from Monday evening temperatures will fall to around 0C or below in most parts of Wales and stay low throughout most of Tuesday and into Wednesday.

We've captured the periods of snowfall according to the maps from today until Friday. The colours shown on the maps correspond to the type of precipitation (rain is blue, snow is white and hail is orange) and the darker the colour the heavier that precipitation is - so white is light snow, and dark grey forecasts heavy snowfall.

Read more: Life in one of the coldest communities in Wales

Here is what you can expect in the next few days.

Sunday, 10.45am

(Met Office)

There is not much snow forecast, except for a tiny patch near Bala, but parts of north-west Wales can expect light and heavy rain showers

Sunday, 1pm

(Met Office)

No snowfall is forecast for Sunday lunchtime, but rainfall will spread across much of the country, reaching Pembrokeshire and near Swansea

Sunday, 6.45pm

(Met Office)

By the evening, north-west Wales will see some light and heavy snowfall near Caernarfon and Bala, with small patches of snow also expected near Aberystwyth and Newtown. There won't be any rainfall in the south of the country, but there will be lots of it in mid and north Wales, along with some hail, too.

Monday, 3am

(Met Office)

The middle of Monday night will be pretty dry across most of the country, but there will be rainfall and hail in the north, as well as some light and heavy snowfall near Caenarfon. There will also be some light and heavy snow around the border of Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion.

Monday, 6am

(Met Office)

As the country starts to wake up on Monday, north-west Wales can expect large areas of light and heavy snowfall, with some small patches in mid-Wales too. Meanwhile, lots of hail is expected in Pembrokshire. The rest of Monday looks set to be largely clear across Wales.

Tuesday, 1am

(Met Office)

It will be dry across most of the country in the early hours of Tuesday, except in and around Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire, where the map shows a large patch of snow - ranging from the lightest to heaviest snowfall - along with hail and rain.

Tuesday 2.30am

(Met Office)

Further into the night, west Wales will continue to see snowfall, and by this time it will have spread to Swansea, too.

Tuesday, 4am

(Met Office)

By 4am, the snowfall is expected to spread a little further east and north, mainly in and around Carmarthenshire and into Ceredigion, and there will also be snowfall on south coast around Porthcawl.

Tuesday, 5am

(Met Office)

A large patch of snow will remain around Carmarthenshire, now having made it to Llandovery, while the Maesteg and Neath area will also see snowfall. There will also still be snowfall in Ceredigion, around Aberaeron.

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Tuesday 6pm

(Met Office)

By Tuesday evening, most of the country will be dry again, except for patches of light and heavy snowfall in the north, particularly on the Isle of Angelsey, in and around St Asaph and in and around Wrexham

Wednesday, 12am

(Met Office)

By midnight, there will be light and heavy snowfall in areas across the country, spreading from St Asaph to Swansea.

Wednesday, 6am

(Met Office)

By 6am there will still be snowfall across the country, especially around mid and west Wales, in and around Llandovery, Aberystwyth and Builth Wells. In and around Merthyr Tydfil in south Wales there will also be snowfall

Wednesday, 12pm

(Met Office)

By noon, the snowfall will be concentrated further north, especially in areas between Bala and Wrexham

Friday, 3am

(Met Office)

The Met Office hasn't updated its forecast to cover Friday daytime yet but the start of the day isn't looking good. This is the forecast map for 3am - and it's looking very, very wet everywhere.

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