Yes indeed. I should have read this thread yesterday rather than relying on the usual mainstream sources. 

Also Glencoe Mountain

Will come into play tomorrow in the form of organised showers in NE england, though probably won't retain its identity as a PL. 

There are a few factors at play here. Some diabatic heating from the PL, a convergence zone setting up as the NErly geostropic wind oversea meets the Nwerly ageostropic wind over land (sea breeze effects too). The result is the potential for locally hours of heavy snow, hence the amber warning.

The counterargument to that is that we will draw some slightly milder air that may turn the snow to rain anywhere exposed to that marine boundary layer and possibly even to lower levels inland later. 

It could well be that initially NErn parts are most affected, but the risk transfers south and west as the maritime airmass penetrates inland. Alot of factors at play, difficult to predict.

It has certainly come into play here this evening with several centimetres of fresh snow from that feature and some very heavy snow at times. If it stays organised then the areas you mention should see something tomorrow.

That’s a really clear and helpful explanation of several snow events I’ve witnessed over the years, some  unforecasted until after a thick blanket of snow, only to hear about an unexpected convergence from the BBC, but no deeper explanation of what that means and why it might happen. It looks like dumping an amazing amount of snow from the radar. - but noted the temperatures have risen a little - as they have also done in Scotland, presumably as the pulse of Super cold Arctic air moves south, and less cold polar maritime influenced air feeds in behind it. Having missed the snow showers last night by 1000m - sliding east past my back yard, I am keen to know if the feature causing the Yorkshire snow today will slide south to East Anglia Later in the day or tonight? 

Thanks again for a most enlightening explanation. Please keep your posts coming. This might be a most interesting year and exception to the trend in warming and Ever more bland winters.

It's currently over E Anglia. Any snow falling from it?

I'd be very surprised if that does turn out to be the case as all I'm seeing on the various models are mostly patchy light rain with perhaps some sleet over the highest ground over the far eastern part of Kent while west Kent is likely to stay dry with perhaps a touch of frost tonight. At least that's what I'm saying in my own Cloud Master forecast. 

Is this a pre cursor to a colder winter? In my experience , no especially for the South . The old rhyme Ice in November to Bear a Duck has quite a lot of truth in it.

Alot of models show a hell of alot of evap cooling on its northern edge. Snow could definitely be a thing to watch for. Details are hazy at the moment as alot will depend on, not just track, but the shape of the low and how it develops. A slack wind free zone north of centre is crucial.

I think realistically any snow will be limited to hills and possibly lower levels in Scotland, but its one of those events where you can't completely rule out snow elsewhere. Will make another judgement this evening.

This chart  gives an indication of the percentage of GEFS 12z ensemble members showing snow falling across the UK in the 12 to 36 hr time period.

https://web116.secure-secure.co.uk/snowgatecameras.co.uk/strathdon/image.jpg?1764492336 

There should be some snow falls at times during this unsettled very cold spell, some i read in NW for the Midlands Cheshire Gap will fire up for a while while the winds is NW before veering to N so hope to get 5-10cm out of it follow by deeep cold over nights at the weekend.  This coming cold spell is not a settled HP toppler type that stay dry.

I think thats a good bet

https://www.theweatheroutlook.com/twodata/uk-rainfall-radar.aspx 

From this morning’s observations here Brian that looks pretty accurate to me.

I wasn’t expecting to have a covering of snow at this point of the current spell but that is what has happened in the past hour. How much more there is to come over the next few days I’m not sure, but for somewhere in this region it will be a lot.

I've had an email  with a Met Office Yellow Alert including Lincolnshire saying:

Between 00:00 (UTC) on Sat 3 Jan 2026 and 23:59 (UTC) on Sat 3 Jan 2026

Headline

Frequent heavy snow showers, moving in from the coast, may bring disruption to travel on Saturday.

"Snow showers are expected to spread further inland in the early hours of Saturday, becoming frequent and perhaps heavy at times. Around 1-3 cm of snow is likely to accumulate quite widely, with 5-8 cm possible in places, this most likely across the North York Moors. The snow showers will gradually become lighter and less frequent during Saturday evening, and move offshore overnight. Icy patches will also form, particularly during Saturday evening where roads have potentially been left wet from partially thawed snow during the daytime."

I can't see it going that way for us here - but one lives in hope!

Apart from bringing snow showers to north Scotland, there will be  little to show for it here at my neck of the woods, save for some overnight frost and perhaps a small chance of a light flurry in the early hours of tomorrow. Over Christmas we were under the near perfect easterly airflow but, that, too, fired blanks.

I'm sure 20 years ago those would have brought thundersnow or a spell of proper falling/settling snow to Kent. With each passing winter I'm becoming more convinced global warming is having an effect. It's like the meteorological equivalence of becoming impotent with age.

Anyway, will stop it here before I start the new year sounding like Richardabdn. 

I do not expect it to pick up on any snow in my area from the current cold spell.

Very impossible to stay bone dry on this spell it more very unsettled one with LP right next to us over N Sea.  Take this set up in other times of year we get so much rain and 5-10C below average temps so should do the same with snow to fall anywhere.  HP is very far away from UK this time, not a HP toppler type that already 1030 plus HP in Ireland move east quickly cutting off the dry northerly.  This morning had unexpected heavy rain showers and it was NOT forecasted so expect the same with snow showers to fall anywhere unrestricted.