BRITS are set to be hit by an Arctic blast which will bring "20 INCHES" of snow and freezing sub-zero temperatures.
From Monday winter conditions will return before peaking on Friday when the white stuff will coat parts of the UK.
The Met Office has warned strong winds, frost, freezing temperatures and coastal gales are on the cards.
Meanwhile, maps from WXCharts show that the midlands should expect an eight-inch white coat.
And they claim Scotland will be treated to just under 20 inches of the white stuff.
It comes as the mercury is set to plummet – with lows of around -4C on Saturday March 12.
Brian Gaze, director and forecaster for The Weather Outlook told The Sun: “Towards the end of this week colder air from the east is expected to start moving across the UK as high pressure builds to the northeast.
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“At the moment there is uncertainty about how long it will hang around for and how much temperatures will fall.
“The coldest conditions could well be in the south and east of the UK and that is where wintry showers would be most likely.
“However, as milder air tries to return from the southwest next week there is a chance of longer periods of snow for a time close to the boundary between the cold continental and milder Atlantic air masses."
It comes as bookies have slashed the odds on this month going down as the wettest March on record.
Having been a 3/1 shot earlier this week – Ladbrokes have now cut odds to just 2/1 on this entering the record books as the wettest March ever.
Alex Apati of Ladbrokes said: "Things can only get wetter if the latest odds are anything to go by, and with even more heavy rain soon set to batter Britain, odds on this going down as a record-breaking month on the weather front are shortening by the day."
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