SNOW is set to hit the UK today with the Met Office warning the deep freeze could spark travel chaos and delays on the roads.
Forecasters extended a Yellow warning for snow and said there could be injuries from slips and falls on icy surfaces.
The Met Office warned commuters to expect longer journey times on the roads and railways, with bus and train services likely to be affected.
Up to 5cm of snow is predicted to fall in some parts of Britain after a new weather warning was issued for Friday.
Rain is expected to hit western parts of the UK in the morning and this will slowly push eastwards through the day.
“The rain may turn to sleet or snow for a time over hills,” a Meteogroup forecaster said.
It comes after a breathtaking -11C deep freeze on Thursday night.
As well as the ice and snow warning on the east coast today, meteorologists have now put out a new yellow warning for snow in Wales.
A huge 4cm of snow was already been recorded in Aberdeenshire yesterday morning — but another centimetre on top of that is expected to fall at the top of Snowdonia later today.
Experts have even predicted snow every day for the next WEEK as wintry showers continue in the morning.
John West from the Met Office told The Sun Online: “Wales will see some of the white stuff the earliest — so the Brecon Beacons and the Cambrian Mountains.
“As we move through Friday that band of snow moves eastwards towards the Lake District and the northern Pennines.”
Friday will be a bright and crisp morning for many as frost covers much of the ground.
Areas in the east will get the most sun today whereas cloud and showers will move into the west.
It’s going to be a really cold night across the board.
John West, Met Office Meteorologist
The Met Office issued a new yellow weather warning yesterday for snow and ice along the east coast — on top of two existing warnings for treacherous conditions across the rest of Britain.
But yesterday’s largely dry weather turned to a numbing frost overnight.
Meteorologist John added: “It’s going to be a really cold night across the board.
“There’s a risk that it could go down to -10C or -11C in parts of Scotland.”
And it’s going to be bitterly cold for the rest of the UK too.
Forecasters expect the mercury to drop to -1C in London and -5C in mid-Wales, while the North York Moors could even see -8C in the biting dry air.
The south will probably escape the wintry spells, but high ground in Dartmoor and Exmoor may get snow over the Chilterns and the South Downs.
But snow could still keep coming on Saturday too.
John said: “Any showers that we see over high ground in the north of the country is likely to fall as sleet or snow, and that’s true of Sunday as well.”
Two of the three yellow weather warnings in effect today should give way this afternoon as conditions improve.
But the warning for snow and ice on the east coast is expected to last into Friday.
Yellow weather warnings are issued for a wide range of potentially disruptive and dangerous weather situations.
They can sometimes signal that a very large number of people will experience low-level disruption which they ought to be mindful of.
But they can also be put in place when there is a low chance that much more severe effects could be on the way.
The Met Office advises people under yellow weather warnings to check their website to see how they may be affected.
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The cold theme of the next few days is expected to continue into next week.
Experts at The Weather Outlook say persistent spells of rain, snow and sleet will push southeastwards on Monday with cold conditions and wintry showers after.
And during the middle of next week there is a possibility of a very cold easterly flow being established, but the precise effects of that currently remain uncertain.
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