The Met Office has issued a yellow warning for the capital and the southeast this weekend as the bitter cold snap comes to an end.
According to the Met Office a period of rain and snow on frozen surfaces is set to cause icy conditions across London and the southeast in the early hours of Sunday.
Due to these icy conditions, a yellow weather warning has been issued from 3am to 11am.
Londoners have been warned to expect delays to travel and for treacherous road conditions.
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A band of rain, sleet and snow will move northeastwards across the UK on Sunday bringing the risk of disruption
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Commenting on the weather, Met Office meteorologist, Alex Deakin said: “So some not great conditions on Sunday.
“We’re going to see heavy rain following and we’re going to see it be very windy as well.
“So yes, it’s turning milder but we do have potential problems through Sunday from the rain, perhaps the wind but more definitely from snow and ice.”
The agency previously said that in many places, daytime temperatures will struggle to get above freezing but snow will gradually ease in south-east England.
On Saturday temperatures will reach a high of 5C in London.
Forecasters predict temperatures will remain at 1C at 8am before gradually rising throughout the day to reach a high of 10C on Sunday evening.
Moving further into next week, however, the Met Office predicts temperatures will become warmer with Monday reaching 13C. A welcome relief after the capital plunged to a low of -4C on Wednesday night.
As to whether London could have a white Christmas, the Met Office has not ruled out the event - which is rare by modern standards. The most recent time the UK had a significant (40 per cent) number of weather stations reporting snow on December 25 was in 2010.
However, the agency said it can only make a prediction around five days in advance, meaning Londoners might be given their first indication on Tuesday.
The Met Office has said snow or sleet falls an average of 3.9 days in December, compared to 5.3 days in January, 5.6 days in February and 4.2 days in March - meaning there is relatively as much chance year-on-year of a white Easter as there is a white Christmas.
