UK snow: First snow of 2019 for parts of London and south-east
Snow has fallen in London and across parts of the UK after cold air swept in from the Arctic.
Londoners rejoiced as they witnessed the first snow flurries of the year in parts of the capital.
BBC weather presenter Nick Miller tweeted: "This is the only thing that can take Brexit off the front page. The first snow of winter in west London."
Snow was falling more heavily in other parts of the south-east including in High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire and Reading.
Uh oh, snow in London. Time for everything to grind to a halt! pic.twitter.com/QVhqwKda4L
— Chris Owen (@Envisager_)
We’ve had big thick flakes this morning in High Wycombe! #uksnow pic.twitter.com/bwvKVQijyV
— Wycombe Weather (@wycombe_weather)
Big snow flakes falling in Reading #uksnow pic.twitter.com/KwF8mmnNuB
— Josh Gilpin (@JoshGilpin)
Snow flurries in NW London
Wobly video as I just snapped out of my deep thought while walking home from night shift. pic.twitter.com/0F9EypvfD7— Lheajane Socrates (@lheajane_)
Just felt a few flakes of #snow fall on me in #London #firstoftheseason for me
— DWAYNE FIELDS FRGS (@DwayneFields)
This is the only thing that can take #Brexit off the front page. The first snow of the winter in west London. pic.twitter.com/aBponYEz9v
— Nick Miller (@WeatherNick)
This ice warning also reaches up into southern Scotland, while a further warning of snow and ice has been issued for the rest of Scotland including Shetland and the Outer Hebrides.
An ice warning is also in place for the majority of England, Wales and Northern Ireland after an Arctic blast swept in.
Nick Jones said the snow was "2/10" near Reading.
He added: "Big soft flakes and started to lie. Now bright blue sky and +1c."
Temperatures could plunge to -1C in London, with another frosty night expected on Thursday.
The Met Office said that over the weekend it will be "cold with outbreaks of rain, sleet, hill snow and even snow to low levels at times over the weekend.
"Otherwise, wintry showers in the northwest Sunday and Monday."