Full list of places in UK set to be hit with snow blast on New Year's Day that threatens 'significant disruption'

Many of you may have been dreaming of a white Christmas but that's not what most of us got - we didn't open our curtains to see the landscape dusted with a festive dollop of snow, but instead had some pretty disappointing grey skies.

However, don't think that you'll get through winter without encountering any snow at all, because the Met Office has issued weather warnings to let people know that that white powder is going to fall in some parts of the UK.

For the final two days of the year there are some rain and snow weather warnings for the north of Scotland, with the warning in place for New Year's Eve tipped to 'bring significant disruption' to people preparing to usher in 2025.

Get ready for a lot of scenes like this... (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Meanwhile, on New Year's Day the weather is really expected to turn for many in the UK as Met Office warnings have been issued for parts of Scotland, Northern Ireland and England.

To go along with it pretty much all of England and Wales have been slapped with a warning about the wind, and while many people are being snowed upon it sounds like it'll be pouring down with rain in parts of Wales.

The New Year's Day weather warning over snow says we're in for a 'heavy and persistent' snowfall that could cause disruptions (this is the UK, of course it will) and delays to travel, though fortunately the chances of power cuts and rural communities being cut off is deemed to be small.

There's expected to be between two and five centimetres of snowfall across the areas affected by the weather warning, though in some spots the snowfall is expected to be nearer 10cm.

Meanwhile, since the hills always get the most snow some higher areas can expect up to 25cm of snow, and the wind warning in place is expected to blow it about a lot.

Scotland is facing the chance of heavy disruption on New Year's Eve due to snow (Met Office)

On New Year's Day the north of England, south of Scotland and all of Northern Ireland will need to be on the lookout for snow (Met Office)

Fortunately, the Met Office has compiled a list of all of the areas that will have to be on the lookout for a blast of snow to welcome in the new year.

New Year's Eve:

• Angus
• Clackmannanshire
• Dundee
• Falkirk
• Fife
• Perth and Kinross
• Stirling
• Aberdeen
• Aberdeenshire
• Moray
• Na h-Eileanan Siar
• Highland
• Edinburgh
• West Lothian
• Argyll and Bute
• East Ayrshire
• East Dunbartonshire
• East Renfrewshire
• Glasgow
• Inverclyde
• North Ayrshire
• North Lanarkshire
• Renfrewshire
• South Lanarkshire
• West Dunbartonshire

Scotland is expected to get quite a bit of snow over the New Year (Getty Stock Photo)

New Year's Day:

Northern Ireland

• County Antrim
• County Armagh
• County Down
• County Fermanagh
• County Londonderry
• County Tyrone

You know what even a bit of snow does to the UK, so expect disruptions (Getty Stock Photo)

Scotland

• Angus
• Clackmannanshire
• Dundee
• Falkirk
• Fife
• Perth and Kinross
• Stirling
• Dumfries and Galloway
• East Lothian
• Edinburgh
• Midlothian Council
• Scottish Borders
• West Lothian
• East Ayrshire
• East Dunbartonshire
• East Renfrewshire
• Glasgow
• North Ayrshire
• North Lanarkshire
• Renfrewshire
• South Ayrshire
• South Lanarkshire
• West Dunbartonshire

The snow will fall strongest in Scotland on New Year's Eve, but will be more widespread on New Year's Day (Getty Stock Photo)

England

• Derbyshire
• Darlington
• Durham
• Gateshead
• Hartlepool
• Middlesbrough
• Newcastle upon Tyne
• North Tyneside
• Northumberland
• Redcar and Cleveland
• Stockton-on-Tees
• Sunderland
• Blackburn with Darwen
• Blackpool
• Cumbria
• Greater Manchester
• Lancashire
• East Riding of Yorkshire
• North Lincolnshire
• North Yorkshire
• South Yorkshire
• West Yorkshire
• York