UK snow: First snow of 2019 for parts of London and south-east

Hatty Collier17 January 2019

Snow has fallen in London and across parts of the UK after cold air swept in from the Arctic.

Londoners rejoiced as they witnessed the first snow flurries of the year in parts of the capital.

BBC weather presenter Nick Miller tweeted: "This is the only thing that can take Brexit off the front page. The first snow of winter in west London."

Snow was falling more heavily in other parts of the south-east including in High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire and Reading.

This ice warning also reaches up into southern Scotland, while a further warning of snow and ice has been issued for the rest of Scotland including Shetland and the Outer Hebrides.

An ice warning is also in place for the majority of England, Wales and Northern Ireland after an Arctic blast swept in.

Nick Jones said the snow was "2/10" near Reading.

He added: "Big soft flakes and started to lie. Now bright blue sky and +1c."

Flakes settled in Reading before the ground thawed
Nick Jones

Temperatures could plunge to -1C in London, with another frosty night expected on Thursday.

The Met Office said that over the weekend it will be "cold with outbreaks of rain, sleet, hill snow and even snow to low levels at times over the weekend.

"Otherwise, wintry showers in the northwest Sunday and Monday."

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