Snow and ice warnings issued for Yorkshire as Arctic air blasts in
Warnings of snow and ice have been issued for the large parts of Yorkshire as Arctic air blows in, with up to 10cm (nearly 4in) predicted in some areas.
The Met Office yellow warnings will be in force in most of Scotland from 4pm on Thursday until midday on Friday, and in northern England from 7pm on Thursday until midday the following day.
Later in the week, forecasters warn that snow showers and icy roads could lead to some travel disruption.
The UK Health Security Agency has issued a yellow cold health alert for Yorkshire and The Humber.
In England snow is expected to fall initially over higher hills, before starting to fall at lower levels through Thursday evening.
Forecasters predict that any settling snow will mainly be confined to high ground, with 2-5cm (up to 2in) is possible above 200 metres (656ft), while a few locations above 300 metres may see as much as 10cm.
The rain and snow is expected to clear south during the early hours of Friday with temperatures expected to fall quickly as skies clear, leading to ice on untreated surfaces.
Met Office spokesman Grahame Madge said: "Currently we've got warnings out for parts of Scotland, particularly the east and parts of the south-west west of Glasgow. Those are rain warnings, but increasingly, there will be a bit of snow mixed in with those as the conditions start to cool.
"Over the next few days, and beginning in northern Scotland really from today, we'll start to see an incursion of an air mass called Arctic maritime air, and that will bring temperatures down.
"That will begin to extend down southwards from Scotland into parts of northern England, possibly getting further south than that by the weekend.
"There may be some snow showers to lower levels. So the snow and ice warnings that we've issued at the moment cover pretty much Scotland and Northern parts of England. There may be some snow showers a little bit further south than that.
"We're not expecting any particularly impactful snow and the conditions will be quite brief before we get another system coming in from the Atlantic over the weekend, but for the next few days, it will feel quite a bit different, as we've got colder air coming in."