Met Office issues snow update as up to 20cm set to fall on parts of UK

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The Met Office has warned that some parts of the UK could see up to 20cm of snow as a blast of 'cold arctic air' moves across the country.

Part of north Scotland and the Scottish isles are expected to get heavy showers over the weekend which will turn into hail, sleet and snow by Monday morning.

However by early next week snow showers could move down into the Lake District and parts of northern and north west England. Read more: Met Office snow map shows where it will fall in UK this weekend amid 'major change' By the middle of the week, the whole of the UK is expected to be hit with the cold air, with a continuation of wintry showers - especially along coasts in the north, according to the Met Office’s latest warnings.

A yellow warning of snow and ice is in place for northern Scotland between 4pm on Sunday and 11am on Monday. A separate snow and ice warning is in place for central and southern Scotland, northern England, the north east and north west - including large parts of Lancashire but not Greater Manchester, from 10am on Monday to 10am on Tuesday.