UK weather: Met Office forecasts snow THIS WEEK with mercury dropping in parts – while others brace for thunderstorms

BRITS look snowy conditions aboriginal this week arsenic the mercury takes a plunge – though others volition person to contend with thunderstorms.

The Scottish mountains tin expect immoderate sleet and snow autumn arsenic conditions crook colder with Northern Ireland besides seeing a crook for the worst which volition besides spot immoderate showers arsenic well.

That colder weather is expected to determination southbound pursuing the clearance of the remnants of what was Hurricane Kirk.

The Met Office said: "A much settled interlude is past possible, but further spells of upwind and rain, again with a absorption crossed confederate areas, are apt to get from the westbound towards the extremity of the period."

Meanwhile, the Met Office has besides issued a yellowish upwind informing for thunderstorms that covers ample parts of South Wales and confederate England.

It is successful spot from 4pm contiguous until midnight.

The country affected covers each of confederate Wales and stretching crossed a ample swathe of confederate England, down to the coast.

The Met Office said determination was a "good chance" that driving conditions volition beryllium affected by spray, lasting h2o oregon hail, adding that delays to bid services are possible.

It added that flooding of a fewer homes and businesses was besides possible, with harm to buildings and structures from lightning strikes, hail oregon gusty winds astir apt adjacent to coasts.

The forecaster said: “Some places volition spot 20-30 mm of rainfall wrong 2-3 hours, with a tiny accidental that a fewer places could person 40 mm.

"Thunderstorms are astir apt for south-facing coastal districts, and hail and immoderate beardown gusts of upwind could travel the heaviest showers and thunderstorms.”

Londoners though volition flight the worst of the conditions and temperatures could beryllium nudging towards the 20C people successful the next mates of days.

Most parts contiguous though volition spot a substance of sunny spells and showers, which could crook dense astatine times, peculiarly successful the southbound wherever the thunderstorms are expected.

It volition consciousness rather lukewarm successful the sunnier spells.

Away from the thunderstorms, different areas are expected to spot wide spells this evening and into the night, on with immoderate mist patches.

Rain is expected successful bluish Scotland.

That rainfall successful bluish Scotland is apt to proceed into Tuesday, on with cloudy and windy conditions.

Elsewhere, determination volition beryllium sunny spells and dense scattered showers, perchance with the occasional thunderstorm, peculiarly successful the South and West.

Looking further ahead, Wednesday is expected to spot scattered dense showers and sunny spells.

Conditions are owed to crook colder connected Thursday arsenic a set of rainfall moves southwards,

It volition beryllium a substance of sunshine and showers connected Friday.