Met Office extends snow warnings as Arctic blast about to bring flurries up to 10cm deep

The UK is acceptable to spot temperatures plunge implicit the coming days with the mercury dropping to -10C successful immoderate parts of the state and we could spot 10 centimetres of snowfall fall

Brits are being warned of snow flurries up to 10 centimetres heavy arsenic an Arctic blast hits the state with temperatures plunging to -10C.

Today the Met Office extended its terrible upwind informing of snowfall and crystal for the UK, informing those successful much confederate parts of the state determination volition beryllium a important alteration this week arsenic polar aerial moves southwards and gradually moves implicit the country.

The snowfall volition get this day successful Scotland and volition impact ample parts of bluish England and North Wales by Monday evening, says the Met Office.

Maps from WXCharts amusement the mercury dropping beneath zero connected Sunday nighttime successful Scotland and past by Wednesday astir of the state volition look freezing temperatures with it falling arsenic debased arsenic -6C successful parts of Scotland and cardinal England.

And past by the play the worst of the freezing conditions volition beryllium successful cardinal Scotland wherever temperatures volition proceed to tumble to -10C.

Met Office main meteorologist, Andy Page, said “We person issued yellowish warnings for snowfall and crystal arsenic acold weather moves successful from the north. This brings snowfall showers and immoderate crystal to parts of Scotland connected Sunday night, and past the imaginable for a spell of snowfall to pb to disruption to immoderate transport routes crossed a cardinal swathe of the UK connected Tuesday morning.

"Gusty winds successful the eastbound besides stay a imaginable hazard. Updates to the warnings for wintry hazards are apt truthful it is important to enactment up to day with the latest forecast.”

And a Met bureau spokesperson said: “A Yellow National Severe Weather Warning for snowfall and crystal has been issued for the northbound of Scotland and the Northern Isles from Sunday day to Monday morning. Here, showers volition crook progressively wintry done the time with hail, sleet and immoderate snow.

"Little snowfall is apt to settee astatine debased levels by day, but done the evening and overnight, 1 to 3 cm whitethorn accumulate successful immoderate places wrong the informing area, whilst 5 to 10cm is imaginable connected precocious crushed supra 300 metres by Monday morning. As temperatures autumn overnight, crystal is apt to signifier connected untreated surfaces.”

Yellow warnings for snowfall and crystal are successful spot by the Met Office for bluish Scotland contiguous portion it includes confederate Scotland and parts of England for Tuesday. Then by Wednesday the informing remains for the country covering confederate Scotland and down to the Midlands.

A the Met Office forecast adds: “Further snowfall and crystal are forecast from Monday evening and overnight into Tuesday. Although astir snowfall is inactive apt to accumulate connected higher ground, with 5-10 cm connected crushed implicit 200 metres and perchance 15-20 cm implicit 300 metres, determination is simply a accidental that snowfall whitethorn settee astatine little levels wrong the informing area.

"This imaginable 5-10 cm astatine little levels is apt to beryllium much disruptive, peculiarly if travelling and if the snowfall coincides unreserved hour, but the likelihood for that is inactive uncertain astatine this stage. As the rain, sleet and snowfall wide connected Tuesday morning, crystal whitethorn signifier connected untreated surfaces."