By Benedict Tetzlaff-Deas Snow is set to hit the UK days into the new year amid a sharp drop in temperatures. New weather maps from WXCharts show a large weather front moving in from the Atlantic over the next few days, bringing heavy rain to much of the country and a high chance of wintry showers in others. Northern and central parts of Scotland will see the earliest snowfall overnight on Tuesday, with flakes returning on Wednesday and Thursday. Snow will then start to move over the border into northeast England late on Friday, according to the forecasts, reaching as far south as West Yorkshi…