An amber weather warning, has been issued by the Met Office as up to 10cm of snow is expected in parts of the UK.
The heavy snow will most likely fall between 14:00 and 21:00 on Thursday, mainly covering South West England and Wales, with the warning extended to London and South-East England.
It means there are likely to be delays on the roads, stranded vehicles, rail delays and cancellations and power cuts.
Not all places within these areas will see #snow this afternoon, but these are the accumulations you could see – more possible over hills pic.twitter.com/DgGuxqQglQ
— Met Office (@metoffice) January 31, 2019
It was issued as the country had its coldest night of the winter so far.
There is a good chance that some rural communities could become cut off.
Power cuts are likely and other services, such as mobile phone coverage, may be affected.
A band of rain will arrive from the southwest on Thursday afternoon, quickly turning to snow and becoming heavy at times. 3 to 7 cm is likely to accumulate quickly – within two to three hours – with up to 10 cm in some places. The highest snowfall accumulations are likely to be in areas above 150 metres or so.
