Parts of Britain are set to get a white Christmas tomorrow with the Met Office having issued a snow and ice alert.
The yellow weather warning is in place for most of the Scottish Highlands and some lowland areas from 9pm on December 25 to 6pm on Boxing Day (December 26).
The national weather agency said up to 10cm (four inches) of snow is expected on higher ground, adding: "Frequent blustery snow showers are likely to cause some travel disruption to higher routes."
Temperatures could also plummet to 1C overnight on Sunday and there is a risk of power outages, meaning communities might be cut off.
Meanwhile, torrential rain is also forecast across much of the UK this weekend.
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The Environment Agency has issued 66 alerts for possible flooding in England while flood warnings, meaning flooding is likely, are in place for Hellingly and Horsebridge in Sussex and North Sea at Roker in Sunderland.
Met Office deputy chief meteorologist David Oliver said: "An unsettled Christmas weekend is on the way for many, with those in the north and west seeing the most frequent and the heaviest showers.
"High winds will affect some coasts through the weekend with gales in places, especially the north and west.
"Christmas Day will be unsettled for many, with the most frequent showers in the northern half of the UK and some more sporadic and mostly lighter showers further south."
It comes as an Arctic blast moves in next month with bone-chilling temperatures and the snowiest period in 12 years, a forecaster has said.
While most of the UK looks set be denied a white Christmas, with temperatures predicted to be mild, the nation could be set to freeze in January as the mercury plungea to bone-chilling lows.
There are fears Britain could be heading to a bitterly cold and snowy period, similar to what we saw in 2018 with Beast from the East.
A cooling of the oceanic and atmospheric phenomenon known as 'La Nina' in the eastern Pacific has already been blamed for bizarre weather events across the world.
The weakening Atlantic pressure between Iceland and the tropical Azores could be driving this next cold spell.
And if the Sudden Stratospheric Warming (SSW) causes air high above the North Pole to collapse, pushing the Arctic air into Northern Europe, we could see a repeat of the Beast from the East.
UK 5 day weather forecast
Today:
Rain and hill snow clearing from nothern Scotland this morning. Elsewhere, a mixture of sunny spells and showers; the showers heaviest and most frequent in the west with some hail and thunder. Windy and mostly mild.
Tonight:
Mild and windy with clear spells and showers; these most frequent in the west and sometimes heavy. Some more persistent rain perhaps affecting southern and southeast England for a time.
Sunday:
Another day of sunny spells and showers. Some persistent rain likely to affect southern and southeast England during the afternoon. Turning colder in the far northwest later with wintry showers.
Outlook for Monday to Wednesday:
Colder on Monday with wintry showers, then milder again with wet and windy weather likely at times.
