UK snow forecast as twin Arctic storms to bury Brits under four inches

Twin storms look set to cause chaos with snow and heavy rain to fall across the UK, advanced weather maps suggest - and several major towns and cities appear to be in the firing line

Brits look set to face two storms bringing heavy rain and snow in the coming days, with as much as 10cm (four inches) of the white stuff settling in some parts of the country.

Advanced modelling maps show a massive weather front sweeping across all of the UK in the early hours of December 4. The precipitation will fall as rain in Northern Ireland , Wales , England and southern parts of Scotland , while central and northern Scotland could see some serious snow .

By midday on December 4, GFS model maps show all of England and Wales engulfed in rain, with snow falling in north-west Scotland. Howeve