UK weather: Icy blast to bring snow and sub-zero temperatures across Britain

‘Children won’t have enough snow to be able to build a snowman, but the bulk of the population will at least see flakes falling from the sky’

The snow comes after parts of the country suffered a deluge during January (Getty)

Temperatures are set to plummet as low as -7C with swathes of the UK being told to expect snow and ice in the days ahead.

The weekend got off to a damp and cold start, but while forecasters say the rain will peter out heading into Sunday, with skies getting brighter, much of the east of Britain will wake up to icy patches tomorrow.

And from Sunday evening, the risk of sleet and snow throughout the country rises.

Although a yellow weather warning expired at 10am on Saturday, forecasters expect to issue further warnings due to sub-zero night-time temperatures.

The mercury will fall as low as -3C “quite easily” in places this weekend, but it will get colder still next week as the cold snap continues.

A spokesperson for the Met Office told The Independent: “Tomorrow night will be a cold night with temperatures down to -2C and -3C quite easily.

“And it’s a cold week to come for all of us with temperatures struggling in the day and going down to -6C and -7C by night.

“Many of us will see some snow at times.

“Children won’t have enough snow to be able to build a snowman in most places, but the bulk of the population will at least see flakes falling from the sky.

“The first full week of February is looking pretty cold and I wouldn’t be surprised if there was a yellow warning issued for the night-time periods.”

The Met Office had previously warned temperatures could drop as low as -10C on Sunday night.