Friday (January 13th) is expected to be the coldest day of winter so far as temperatures are set to plunge well below zero this week as an Arctic blast sweeps across the country.
Vast swathes of Britain are expected to be covered in several inches of snow, after a cold northerly wind hits parts of the country on Wednesday evening.
Arctic winds will bring wintry showers as far south as Norfolk after dumping snow on Scotland, Northern Ireland and the North York moors.
In a media report Steven Keates of the Met Office said: “It is going to turn much chillier. Some areas could see some pretty significant snow.”
It is warned that snowstorms and chilly winds will reach the whole of the UK by the weekend.
