Brits face a significant chance of snowfall next week, as weather models forecast a cold blast sweeping across the UK.
The Met Office has confirmed that a major sudden stratospheric warming (SSW) event has taken place, and the effects will arrive early this month.
Temperatures as low as -8.5C were recorded overnight on Sunday in Tulloch Bridge, Scotland, while Benson in South Oxfordshire also saw temperatures drop to -6C.
