After torrential rain caused flooding across the north west, the Met Office has now issued a yellow weather warning for snow across the region.
This will come into effect from midday on Saturday, and it will remain in place through to 9am on Monday morning.
Forecasters say that heavy snow may cause some disruption over the weekend, with a small chance of power cuts and an impact to other services, such as mobile phone coverage.
There is also a slight chance that some rural communities could become cut off, while people are warned of travel delays on roads with some stranded vehicles and passengers.
Rail and air travel would also be impacted should snow materialise.
A Met Office spokesman said: “Outbreaks of rain spreading north-eastwards later on Saturday and overnight into Sunday will likely be preceded by a spell of snow on its northern flank.
“While there is a fair bit of uncertainty as to how far north this may spread, and how long any snow will last, significant accumulations of snow are possible, especially, but not exclusively, on hills.
“Currently, parts of the Midlands, Wales and northern England are most at risk of disruption, where 5cm or more could accumulate fairly widely, with perhaps as much as 20cm to 30cm over high ground of Wales and/or the Pennines.
“This, accompanied by strengthening winds, may lead to drifting of lying snow.
“In addition, as milder air attempts to move northwards into southern and central areas, snow may turn to a spell of freezing rain for a time, adding to the risk of ice.
“If milder air is able to spread more bodily northwards, any snow in southern parts of the warning area may be relatively short-lived before turning to rain.
“Given the uncertainties, it is quite likely this warning area and start or end times will be refined over the coming days, as confidence increases in areas most likely to be impacted.