Temperatures fell to -11C in coldest spotpublished at 06:50 Greenwich Mean Time
Sarah Keith-Lucas
Broadcast Meteorologist, BBC Weather
Heavy snow has been
moving north throughout the night and affecting much of England and Wales.
Earlier snow in southern England and south Wales has now turned back to rain as
milder air moves in from the south, but heavy snow continues further north.
The areas seeing
heavy snow early on Sunday morning are north Wales, the north Midlands and
stretching across all of Northern England. There is currently around 5cm of
snow in many cities including Leeds and York.
The heaviest falls are over
higher ground, especially the Pennines, and the Cumbrian Fells where we could
see 40cm of snow by the end of today. There’s also some snow
affecting southern Scotland, especially heavy for the Southern Uplands.
Ice is also a hazard this morning, especially for parts of Wales and central England, as rain
falls onto sub-zero surfaces, freezing on contact.
It’s been a
bitterly cold night for the northern half of the UK. The coldest spot
last night was Loch Glascarnoch in Scotland where temperatures fell to
-11C. Contrast that to southern England where temperatures are a very
mild 12C.