Met Office warns 5 regions to be hit by snow as temperatures plunge across UK
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The Met Office has warned that the UK will be hit by a cold snap next week, with temperatures set to plunge across the country to as low as -7C and snow forecast for five regions
Freezing conditions are set to grip the UK over the coming days as Storm Claudia moves away. A major incident has been declared following Storm Claudia's devastation, with further downpours and flooding anticipated across Britain and Ireland today.
Natural Resources Wales had issued four severe flood warnings by 6am, indicating "significant risk to life and significant disruption to the community is expected". But once this torrential rainfall subsides this weekend, arctic air will engulf the nation and deliver snow to millions next week.
The frigid air mass will begin arriving from the north on Sunday, spreading across the entire country by Monday, reports the Express.
So where will it snow?
It is still a few days away and the details for next week are likely to change.
But at the moment it looks as if there could be wintry showers - a mixture of rain, sleet and snow - mainly over northern Scotland, Northern Ireland, the North Yorkshire Moors, west Wales and the moors of south-west England.
Essentially, areas exposed to the cold northerly wind.
An Atlantic weather system coming into the cold air on Tuesday could bring some snow inland over Scotland and northern England. This could briefly spread to the Midlands and south-east England on Wednesday morning.
It's too early to say though if and where the snow will settle.
It is unlikely to be as bad as the snowy and icy spell this time last year which closed hundreds of schools and gave 12cm of snow in Nottingham.
Over recent decades the Met Office have observed a decrease in the frequency, duration, and intensity of cold spells, clearly linked to climate change. According to the latest State of the Climate Report, external, air and ground frosts have reduced by around a quarter since the 1980s.