THE Met Office has warned of snowfall aft temperatures plunged to -7°C past night.
A colder easterly authorities has established crossed the state bringing easterly winds, debased temperatures and an expanding hazard of wintry hazards similar snow and ice.
Friday nighttime saw temperatures autumn to -7.4°C successful Aviemore successful the Scottish Highlands.
The lowest recorded somesthesia successful England was -1.6°C astatine Culdrose, Cornwall.
Scotland was colder owed to clearer skies that are acceptable to continue.
Dull, grey and damp weather volition bent implicit overmuch of England and Wales successful the coming days, the Met Office has said.
Maximum temperatures volition beryllium somewhat beneath mean but areas stuck nether the clouds volition consciousness colder than they truly are, according to the forecasters.
Little is expected to alteration implicit the adjacent 2 to 5 days.
Met Office Chief Meteorologist, Paul Gundersen, said: "While immoderate areas volition spot showers oregon immoderate patchy rainfall connected Friday and done the weekend, determination volition beryllium the imaginable for immoderate sleet oregon snowfall arsenic temperatures drop, mostly implicit higher crushed successful cardinal and confederate areas.
"The acold volition beryllium accentuated astatine times by brisk easterly winds.
"There volition beryllium variable, and astatine times ample amounts of unreality implicit the coming days with the clearest and sunniest upwind crossed the northwest of the UK.
"There volition besides beryllium icy patches and overnight frost successful places.
Met Eireann pass freezing temperatures are acceptable to continue
"Whilst, for most, the upwind is not expected to beryllium disruptive, support an oculus connected the Met Office website for immoderate National Severe Weather Warnings."
Yellow acold health alerts person been issued by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) for a fig of areas crossed England including the North East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber, and the South East from 9am connected Friday until 9am connected Tuesday.
This means the upwind is apt to pb to an accrued usage of healthcare services by susceptible people, and a greater hazard to beingness of susceptible people.
The country of precocious unit is expected to beryllium centred implicit Scandinavia passim adjacent week and toward the mediate of the month.
This signifier leads to a cold, eastbound oregon southeasterly air-flow crossed the UK.
This volition beryllium accompanied by immoderate airy rainfall and elevation snowfall aboriginal adjacent week, chiefly successful the southbound of the UK, earlier drier conditions go established aboriginal successful the week.
UK 5 time upwind forecast
Today:
A alternatively cloudy and acold time with outbreaks of rainfall and elevation snowfall moving northwards.
Mostly adust for Northern Ireland and northwest Scotland wherever determination volition beryllium spells of sunshine, with immoderate precocious sunshine besides processing for southeast England.
Tonight:
Largely cloudy with occasional rain, and besides elevation snowfall successful the north.
Some clearer spells, particularly bluish Scotland and confederate England, giving a hazard of a frost here.
Sunday:
Another alternatively cloudy and acold time with immoderate further spells of rainfall and drizzle, particularly successful the east.
Brightest conditions successful sheltered parts of the westbound and northwest.
Outlook for Monday to Wednesday:
Remaining alternatively acold passim with plentifulness of unreality around.
Risk of immoderate further rainfall astatine times, particularly successful the east, with immoderate sleet and snowfall possible, chiefly implicit hills.