SNOW showers are being forecast for [arts North Wales next week.

According to BBC Weather, light snow showers and sleet are forecast in some areas of North Wales.

Denbigh and Ruthin could see sleet or light snow as early as Monday and Tuesday.

In coastal areas like Rhyl and Prestatyn, snow is most likely to fall after 5pm on Thursday.

Further along the coast in Conwy, Colwyn Bay and Llandudno, any snow or sleet is likely to come on Wednesday and Thursday. On Thursday, hail showers are also forecast.

According to the forecast, Bangor, Caernarfon and Anglesey are unlikely to see snow this week.

The biggest chance of snowfall across the region is on Thursday night (January 18), with snow showers forecast from around 4pm until midnight. 

North Wales Pioneer: CREDIT: BBC

Met Office Deputy Chief Meteorologist David Hayter explained: “While the initial snow risk from Sunday onwards is looking most likely to be coastal areas in the north of the UK, including North Sea and Irish Sea coasts, there’s an ongoing likelihood of some disruptive snow through the middle to latter part of next week.

“What we’re keeping an eye on for this disruptive snow is where exactly this milder air from the southwest bumps into the cold air that will be in place over the UK.

“It’s where these airmasses meet that there’s a likelihood of some substantial snow for some places.

“At the moment, models are showing us a variety of options for exactly when and how this situation plays out and it’s something we’ll be able to add more details to in the coming days.”

A Met Office forecast said: "Potential for more persistent snow through Tuesday in the northwest. There is risk of unsettled weather pushing in from the south through midweek, potentially leading to areas of snow and sleet where it meets the colder air across the country.

"Confidence is low regards the timing of the arrival of any such disturbance, but there is an increasing risk of something potentially disruptive at some point in this period.

"Widespread frosts continue by night with wintry showers from the northwest between further potential pulses of snow as weather fronts move in from the west these likely drawing in milder conditions by next weekend."