First snow of the season hits Yorkshire - and there's more on the way this week

THE first snow of the season has fallen in Yorkshire, and the Met Office has issued a 'yellow warning' of more across large parts of the county.
A woman walks her dog following a light dusting of snow at Tan Hill in North Yorkshire.A woman walks her dog following a light dusting of snow at Tan Hill in North Yorkshire.
A woman walks her dog following a light dusting of snow at Tan Hill in North Yorkshire.

Temperatures will plummet this week and rain will turn readily to snow even at low levels on Tuesday and Wednesday.

The Met Office warned of accumulations of four to eight cm across some hilly areas of northern England and Scotland, mostly above 200-300m, with as much as 15cm possible above 300-400 m.

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The warning reads: “Overnight Tuesday night and into Wednesday morning, as snow peters out over Scotland, there is the potential for snow to settle to low levels over parts of Yorkshire and down into the northeast Midlands, though with a good deal of uncertainty about this.”

Snow fell at the weekend in northern parts of the country including the area around Tan Hill in North Yorkshire, and caused traffic headaches on a roadway near Nenthead, Cumbria.

London barely exceeded 7C (45F) on Sunday while at Benson, Oxfordshire, about an hour out of the city, the mercury even dropped to -2.3C (28F).

FORECAST FOR THE WEEK:

On Monday, the eastern coast and parts of the west could see showers with snow possible on the high ground in the north by mid-week.

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Showers and chilly conditions are forecast for Wednesday and Thursday, but early indications suggest Friday will be largely fine and dry, though still cold.

In the major cities, maximum temperatures in London are not expected to exceed 10C (50F) until Thursday, while Edinburgh could see a maximum of 4C (39F) on Tuesday.

Cardiff is forecast to drop to 1C (34F) on Monday night but will likely see warmer temperatures than the other cities over the weekend, with a high of 12C (36F) expected both days.

Birmingham residents will also need their hot water bottles on Monday night, with temperatures expected to hit zero (32F), before a rainy and cold Tuesday.