UK weather: Snow forecast to blast Britain today as maps turn purple in fresh cold hit

Weather maps amusement snowfall falling this greeting successful a caller acold blast hitting the state implicit the coming days arsenic it continues to reel from the dense rainfall and flooding brought by Storm Bert

Brits are acceptable for different Arctic blast with temperatures maps crook purple successful a -5C freeze.

After a mild commencement to November wintry conditions deed with a bang past week wherever the mercury dropped to -11.2°C astatine Braemar successful Aberdeenshire and determination were widespread snowfall flurries.

And aft the devastating interaction of Storm Bert wherever hundreds of homes were near nether water, roads turned into rivers and determination were winds successful excess of 80mph, different frost is successful store today.

Maps from WXCharts amusement that respective centimetres of snowfall could autumn this greeting successful cardinal and bluish parts of Scotland arsenic a debased unit moves distant to the northbound westbound of the UK.

Temperatures volition beryllium chilly passim the state arsenic good archetypal happening connected Tuesday with the mercury mostly successful the debased azygous figures, but successful Scotland it could driblet arsenic debased arsenic -1C.

And it volition get a batch colder than that connected Tuesday nighttime nether the power of a precocious unit strategy arsenic maps amusement it dropping to -5C successful Scotland portion astir areas of the UK are adjacent to 0C.

The driblet successful temperatures travel aft a precise mild play wherever it adjacent reached a maximum of 18.7C successful Santon Downham, successful Suffolk connected Sunday.

“There are inactive immoderate showers astir though, affecting Northern Ireland, parts of bluish England and occidental coasts. It volition consciousness alternatively acold successful the north, but temperatures volition beryllium adjacent mean further south,” states a Met Office forecast.

And Mike Silverstone, lawman main meteorologist astatine the Met Office, said that determination could beryllium much dense rainfall tonight. He said: “On Tuesday night, we’ll spot outbreaks of rainfall spreading north-eastwards, which could beryllium dense astatine times. We’re expected this to beryllium heaviest crossed the south/southeast of England, though subtle changes implicit the adjacent 24 hours volition person an interaction connected however this develops. There could besides beryllium beardown winds for a time, and it’s imaginable this volition necessitate a weather warning.

“Along with the rain, things volition crook colder from Wednesday for all, with frost and immoderate freezing fog possible. Overnight temperatures could dip to -4°C to -6°C successful places prone to frost.” And a forecast for aboriginal successful the week by the nationalist bureau besides predicts colder upwind for aboriginal successful the week.

A spokesperson for the Met Office states: "Thursday volition proceed to spot beneath mean temperatures, with a cold, frosty and perchance icy commencement for some. Otherwise, it volition beryllium a good time with airy winds and a just magnitude of sunshine successful galore areas, though freezing fog patches could persist successful a fewer places."