UK weather: Met Office issues fresh snow warning for northern England and Scotland

Heaviest snowfall expected in central Scotland

Northern areas of the UK are braced for more snow on Tuesday as temperatures struggle to get above zero.

Snow is expected to begin falling in parts of northern England and central Scotland from around lunchtime.

The Met Office on Monday issued a yellow weather alert, warning that hill snow could lead to some travel disruption.

Central Scotland will be the worst-hit area, according to the Met Office, with some road and railways likely to be affected and potentially taking longer.

The fresh snow warning comes after parts of southern England were blanketed by snow on Sunday.

It also snowed in the Scottish Highlands, where 6.7 inches was recorded in Loch Glascarnoch at 6am on Monday.

It was closely followed by the village of Wittering in Cambridgeshire, which woke up to 5.9 inches of snow, while 3.1 inches fell in Coleshill, Warwickshire.

By contrast, less than an inch was recorded at Heathrow in west London, and just under 2 inches in the village of Shawbury in Shropshire.

Met Office spokesman Oli Claydon said it was the "snowiest spell" the UK had experienced since late January 2019, when 20 weather stations in England recorded accumulations of 5cm or more for three days consecutively.

While Monday is forecast to be cold and bright, the rest of the week will turn "milder, wetter and windier", Mr Claydon said.

Heavy rain and 40mph winds are forecast for the southwest of England and Wales from Wednesday, with the bad weather moving east into Thursday.

"Everywhere will likely see rain over the next week, as it moves west to east. Weather systems will pass over pretty much everywhere over the UK," Mr Claydon said.

"With lots of the UK already saturated from the heavy rainfall we have seen last week, it doesn't take much for it to tip the balance and provide another flood risk."

Additional reporting by PA