SNOW is set to blanket parts of the UK in flurries as a cold snap hits – along with downpours.
The Met Office has warned the white stuff will start falling in the coming days, urging Brits to prepare for the chill.
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Forecasters had yesterday said there was a chance snow would fall in the Scottish highlands and northern counties.
They’ve now said it could fall in lower parts of the UK on Friday and into Saturday.
The Met Office wrote in its five-day forecast: “Turning colder and more unsettled on Friday and Saturday, with heavy rain in some places.
“A risk of sleet and hill snow, possibly reaching lower levels.”
Before snow starts falling, chilly, wet and windy conditions are likely to hit.
The Met said Brits would probably wake to a dry morning today, before rain sets in this evening.
Speaking to this evening, it said: “Rain and drizzle for many, with heaviest of the rain in western Scotland, northern England and Wales.
“Turning heavy in the southwest later. Clearer spells develop for the north later.”
Tomorrow will be another damp one, with a chance of drier weather in the north.
The mercury is also looking to stay in the single digits for much of the UK in the coming days, the Met said.
While Manchester, London and Plymouth could reach double digits today, temperatures will plummet from tomorrow – and stay that way until early next week.
Forecasters had warned Britain could freeze from yesterday – especially as snow started falling in the north.
The snowfall comes just days after parts of the country were drenched with heavy rain.
This morning the Environment Agency said 40 flood warnings remained in place across the country, while 117 flood alerts were also still in place.
It comes as six people were injured this week after high winds brought a tree crashing down on a busy road.
South East Coast Ambulance Service said three people were raced to hospital after a bus and van smashed into a tree on a West Sussex road on Monday.
Photos of the scene show a bus with a smashed windscreen and windows on Guildford Road.
A grey van could also be seen with a caved-in front and smashed windows, with glass strewn across the road.
Pictures snapped just after the massive tree came down showed it resting in one of the bus windows.
Metrobus operations director Gordon Frost said: “Due to high winds, a tree fell onto a moving vehicle at Farthings Hill, Horsham.”
Brits had been told to brace for temperatures to dip to below zero.
The mercury plunged to -6C in some parts on Friday night leaving much of the country waking up to freezing conditions with “patchy mist and fog in places”.
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In Aboyne, Scotland, conditions plummeted to -6.4C during the early hours of Saturday morning.
Chilly conditions settled in from the north leaving frost on the ground – with early risers forced to de-ice their cars due to the cold blast.
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