Britons woke to a frosty morning of rain, snow and wind today, with conditions expected to deteriorate further down the line.
Bands of rain and snow are will lash the country until Sunday evening with the first signs of snow as early as lunchtime, according to the Met Office.
The national forecaster has warned that the west of the UK is already suffering wet conditions, but colder areas in the east are yet to be affected.
A video tweeted out by BBC Scotland Weather shows heavy snowfall has already blanketed Glasgow and the dense cover shows no signs of stopping.
The Met Office tweeted at 10.55am: “It's wet this lunchtime in the west with some snow across more central parts. Eastern areas are much colder and have the rain and snow still to come.”
Met Office maps show parts of the country north of London and south of Glasgow and Stornaway in Scotland are already witnessing some snow clouds on the horizon.
Forecasters are on high alert today after the Met Office issued four severe weather warnings, after temperatures plummeted to -14C last night – the coldest winter temperatures in two years.
A snow and ice warning extending from Luton to Northern Scotland has been issued between 6am to 6pm on Sunday.
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The affected area could see anywhere between two to six inches of snowfall.
Eastern areas are much colder and have the rain and snow still to come
The Met Office said: “An area of snow is likely to move eastwards across many central and northern parts of the UK on Sunday.
“The snow is more likely to affect higher routes with lower levels only affected more locally.
“In addition, rain may fall onto frozen surfaces for a time, particularly across Scotland, following a very cold night.”
[11:20] That's the #snow on here in #Glasgow. pic.twitter.com/aBwwtHoRrh
— BBC Scotland Weather (@BBCScotWeather) January 21, 2018
Locals have been warned of “injures from slips and falls” as dangerous ice covers the roads and pavements.
Further down south, a snow warning for London and South East England, East Midlands, West Midlands and Wales will see between 0.7 to two inches of snow.
The yellow warning is in effect from 8.20am to 12pm on Sunday, January 21.
The Weather Channel forecaster Claire Kennedy-Edwards, warned snow will affect the UK on Sunday morning.
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She said: “Fronts systems will track in over Ireland and western regions of the UK with some moderate rain in places and temperatures recovering. Lows of 6-10C are predicted in the south-west of the UK and Ireland.
“There will be snow for a time over the hills of Northern Ireland and Wales before turning to rain. As the rain moves into the cold air further north and east it will fall as snow with further accumulations over the hills.
“There is a risk of rain falling on to frozen surfaces at lower levels across Scotland and northern England with ice risk.”
But the good news is that heading into the evening, conditions will begin to change for the better.
Met Office Forecaster Becky Mitchell said: “As the evening wears on we’ll stick with some snowfall in parts of the North, but it will gradually turn to rain through this evening, perhaps washing away some lying snow during this afternoon.”
The weather will begin to clear out by the evening, with drier spells pushing in across from Northern Ireland and into Wales around 9pm.
Heading into Monday, wintry conditions could finally give way to a few sunny spells and lighter showers.
