Snow map shows Britain facing Arctic weather as mercury drops to ice cold -5C

According to the latest Ventusky upwind map, temperatures successful Scotland volition driblet beneath freezing with yellowish warnings besides issued for parts of bluish England

The latest snowfall representation shows the freezing weather Brits volition look adjacent week arsenic mercury drops beneath to an crystal acold -5C.

According to the Ventusky weather map, temperatures successful Scotland volition driblet beneath freezing connected Monday morning, with yellowish warnings besides issued for overmuch of the UK.

Parts of bluish England and confederate Scotland connected Monday and Tuesday person been deed with a upwind warning, arsenic the Met Office states determination could beryllium up to 8inches of snowfall imaginable connected higher ground. There is simply a tiny accidental of up to 4inches of snowfall settling astatine little levels, which could beryllium disruptive, the upwind bureau says.

The informing covers overmuch of confederate Scotland and north-east England, parts of Yorkshire, and parts of the north-west of England, including Lancashire and Cumbria, and is successful unit from 10am connected Monday until 10am connected Tuesday. A abstracted informing for snowfall and crystal is successful spot successful bluish Scotland from 4pm connected Sunday until 11am connected Monday.

Met Office Deputy Chief Meteorologist Rebekah Hicks said: "A notable aboriginal wintertime acold spell volition get crossed the northbound from Sunday and volition apt scope each parts of the UK by midweek. Temperatures volition driblet arsenic a northerly airflow develops, bringing successful colder Arctic air. This introduces the anticipation of snow, initially implicit precocious crushed successful the northbound from Sunday, with gusty winds besides a imaginable hazard."

The meteorologist explained that machine models displayed respective antithetic scenarios for the week ahead. She added: “There is simply a batch of uncertainty successful what mightiness hap aft Sunday, but determination are a fig of scenarios which could bring immoderate much wide rain, on with immoderate elevation snowfall and stronger winds.

"It is imaginable that determination whitethorn beryllium immoderate much wide snowfall crossed little ground, but the accidental of this for immoderate fixed portion is debased astatine this stage. What we bash cognize is that the full of the UK is apt to acquisition a spell of respective days of cold, perchance disruptive upwind adjacent week. Warnings for wintry hazards, including snowfall and ice, are possible, truthful it’s important to enactment up to day with the latest forecast.”