White coloured raindrops instead of blue perhaps? But then you'd still have to explain what it was.

I wonder how they deal with it in places like the NE US/SE Canada where these events are relatively common.

The answer is - badly. There doesn't seem to be a decent way of showing freezing rain. And yes, I think the Met Office site has switched from showing a heavy snow symbol (as it did for the 2018 freezing rain) to just heavy rain now. XC just used a rain symbol and still does.

https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/iphone/iph4305794fb/ios 

https://developer.accuweather.com/weather-icons 

https://worldweather.wmo.int/en/wxicons.html 

https://images.meteociel.fr/im/88/9211/fax24symy4.gif 

https://images.meteociel.fr/im/64/20378/fax84sity0.gif 

The upshot of this is that GFS is now modelling 7cm on the ground here rather than the 1-4cm it's shown in the previous runs. That could be as good as it gets, but either way I'm sure there will continue to be changes over the next 30 hours or so.

Beyond that the models are toying with a snow event over parts of southern England on Tuesday. GEM has it north of the M40, GFS has it south of the M40, ICON has it a bit further north again. Note this is distinct from the potential Channel low a day or two later, and is a reminder that small features will continue to come and go over the next few days' worth of output!

Here's the Tuesday snow in the south as shown on ICON:

https://images.meteociel.fr/im/3/16111/iconeu_uk1_1_90_0ska4.png 

Very possibly 2009, as we had a similar event here in I think December that year. Almost the entire country was brought to a halt. You literally couldn't walk out the front door without taking your life into your hands. 

Will wait for UKMO UK charts to see what it's doing re Tuesday's possible feature/enhanced instability and if it has any precip from the Weds/Thursday LP, although there wasn't much pink showing on the global model chart. 

I'll leave others to comment on the more imminent snow potential for the weekend as snow to rain events depress me and that's all I'm getting so I'm ignoring it (I might go for a play on the gravel bike if we do get some temporary accumulations though!). 

Edit - the UK charts from the UKMO aren't particularly exciting - seems to be a bit more instability Monday into Tuesday for some parts but nothing that looks particularly organised and nothing for MBY. The mid week low just scrapes the far south inc Kent for a short time, with what's shown as a rain/sleet/snow mix. Booo!

I'm becoming increasingly confident that my location should see some snow. I'm right on the borderline between Meteireann's yellow/orange warnings but the UK Met map is certainly cheering. 

In addition, looking at Windy.com, the wind here should back increasingly from South East to East by Saturday evening and Northerly by Sunday so the wind will no longer be coming off the sea. That said, I'm certainly not counting any chickens. All of the automated apps show no snow for me except briefly on Sunday afternoon. 

Either way, the UK met map above suggests something quite significant for  large parts of England, Wales and Ireland. 

I think that last one deals with it the best, giving the impression of rain creating ice at the surface, but it's a difficult concept to convey.

One thing I am increasingly confident on though is that the UK is not going to get it worst, Ireland will. Parts of the central south will get alot of snow.

Yet usually Ireland escapes the snow or misses out - So good they will get to see some esp the south.

Lionz will be pleased...

Local weather goes for warnings of snow here and possible accumulations over moors before turning back to rain but stressed a lot of uncertainty.

It looks like the precipitation band could be a heavy one and therefore we could see evaporative cooling and we all know what that means...?? - We shall see :)

I see arpege along with many models and even forecast actually show the temperature dropping by a degree or two in the south going from +4c to +2c in Exeter with rain at 13:00  then sleet at 18:00 when it's +2c before rising there-after and Dartmoor going from +2c by to 0c by 18:00 before rising after, Tiverton, Devon goes from +3c midday to +1c with sleet by 18:00, anyway, you get the idea... 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/2635762 

So it looks like some parts of SW could well see some wet snow before all rain which denotes evaporative cooling and may be the fact that the precipitation will be heavier and with the ground already frozen it wouldn't surprise me if we do have some freezing rain as well.  

Prime exaample the Arpege show the south west are in the +2's and +3s by 12:00 and then temps drop to 0c by 18:00

18:00 below (In the heavier precipitation): - Temps have dropped to 0c in many parts of south west. So this means there could be evaporative cooling in the heavier precipitation but then rising after.

GFS and ECM turn the snow to rain here, ECM first in the morning and GFS afternoon before turning back to snow.  Back edge snow could be a thing for some. 

UKMO is an all snow event here as slightly further South. Met Office app is almost there too , turns to sleet in the evening. UKV is excellent for here.

https://www.theweatheroutlook.com/charts/ukv/03_44_snow_depth.png . Some highly populated areas in that high snow depth area.

https://www.theweatheroutlook.com/charts/ukv/03_27_snow_depth.png 

The Midlands wakes up to a good fall in places. 

Elevation might be needed or luck with heavy precipitation as can be seen from the above. Also the amber warning does mention the Vale of York snow being less certain and probably applies to other very low areas too. 

I've no doubt the Fife Hills, The Lammemuirs, Moorfoots and Pentlands will get more lying snow but not sure about the city 🤔

I would love to see real snow, for my children more than anything else. They're 11 and 9 and they only proper snow that they have ever seen was in 2018 when they were too young to really remember it today. I will be very disappointed if we miss out. Given our climate, this could be their last chance to experience heavy snow as children. 

Looking like it's already snowing in Waterford

I share your concern, and despite the fact that is really cold here and we mostly keep the cold upper air, the easterly component will bring rain here making a mess of the snow that is here and causing big problems with ice when colder weather comes back in. Staying dry (or even precipitation falling as snow) would be so much better.

On average, you (along with Noodle Doodle who we haven't heard from for a while) are usually more likely to see snow in the south of Edinburgh than I am here in NW Edinburgh, so you just never know.

I don't see myself as being lucky with that here though.

I would also add that I think places away from the coast and above 100m north of a line from north wales to the wash will keep any snow that falls with minimal melt. 

Unfortunately, no. Overcast but frosty and around 0c.

It was ‘easier’ in the old days I’m sure of it.