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Met Office forecast: Where snow is set to fall in UK this week with -5C Arctic air to batter Britain
It's not just Scotland that will see snow in the coming days
THE Met Office has revealed exactly where snow is expected to fall this week with temperatures dropping to a freezing -5C.
A plunge in the mercury is being driven by Arctic air sweeping in, battering Britain.
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High ground across the north of England and Scotland will see snow today, Met Office forecasters say.
Meanwhile a "zone" across the Midlands and the south of England will also see widespread snow later in the week.
But it is unlikely to settle for longer than a few hours.
Brits will mostly see sunny spells during the day today with some showers in places, mainly near the coasts.
There is a chance these could move inland at times and with some snow over higher ground in the north.
Tomorrow, the Met Office predicts sunny spells along with some coastal showers.
Temperatures could get distinctly chilly early in the morning with the forecaster expecting it to dip to -5C near Biggar, south of Glasgow.
Conditions will become unsettled over Thursday and Friday with wintry showers expected in the north while the south is likely to experience some rain and the possibility of hill snow.
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Towards the end of the week there is also a possibility of snow across parts of the south and central areas, the Met Office says, but this is not yet certain.
Chief meteorologist David Oliver said: "After some rain on Monday, conditions will turn mainly dry in the south for a time before a very uncertain period on Thursday and Friday for the southern half of England and Wales.
“The weather models are highlighting several possible solutions from very wet to mainly dry, with a mainly dry picture the most probable outcome at present.
“However, some models include the prospect of an area of low pressure developing and moving in from the south or southwest. If this solution proves to be correct, we could see an area of warmer and moisture-laden air ‘bumping’ into the cold air further north.
“Along the boundary of the two air masses lies a zone across southern and central Britain where snowfall could develop fairly widely.
“Snow in any affected area is unlikely to be anything more than transient and short-lived, but it could lead to small totals and some disruption over a few hours before melting.”
The UKHSA has issued a yellow cold-health alert for the health sector covering northern regions of England which runs through the whole week.
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