Met Office identifies exact time snow to sweep across UK as bitter chill feels like -7C

An easterly upwind - successful the past linked to The Beast from the East - volition marque it consciousness importantly colder than the existent somesthesia this play - by arsenic overmuch arsenic 6C successful places

Snow is apt to autumn crossed parts of the UK this weekend, the Met Office has confirmed.

Temperatures crossed the UK are to dilatory driblet during the remainder of the week - to arsenic debased arsenic -3C by Sunday - and it volition consciousness importantly colder owed to a bitter easterly wind.

It brings successful acold aerial from Scandinavia and truthful precipitation volition autumn arsenic snowfall crossed parts of the Midlands, Southwest of England and Wales connected Saturday morning. However, it won't beryllium important snowfall and disruption is expected to beryllium minimal, the Met Office said.

Presenting a YouTube video connected the weather service's channel, meteorologist Aidan McGivern said: "It's crossed parts of the West Midlands arsenic you tin spot towards the southwest and Wales wherever it is imaginable that we'd get a tiny magnitude of lying snowfall by the commencement of Saturday, but we truly are talking astir tiny amounts."

The Home Counties whitethorn besides spot a dusting of the achromatic worldly passim Saturday morning, it is understood. However, the heaviest of the snowfall volition beryllium crossed the Midlands.

Temperature exceeded 11C successful Swanage, Dorset, connected Wednesday but the easterly winds - successful the past linked to The Beast from the East - volition nonstop the mercury plunging to -3C by the weekend.

And it volition consciousness colder too, arsenic the winds volition beryllium truthful strong. It volition consciousness similar -7C crossed Cumbria and parts of Lancashire connected Saturday morning, but really the close somesthesia volition beryllium betwixt 1C and -1C successful the area. It volition consciousness similar -3C crossed the Midlands connected Sunday, again owed to the icy winds.

Mr McGivern added: "It is going to consciousness cold, but the astir important happening is it's going to consciousness acold alternatively than it being notably cold. Temperatures are going to beryllium a small beneath average.

"With that upwind of people towards the southbound and southeast, it's that consciousness of the upwind that is important - the aerial itself particularly cold... There volition beryllium frost successful places but we aren't talking astir good beneath freezing."

Forecasters astatine Netweather said snow mightiness origin disruption connected the roads this weekend but investigation by the squad astatine the Met Office suggests this is unlikely. No upwind warnings are successful spot arsenic forecasts are assured immoderate interaction of the inclement upwind volition beryllium minimal.