Viewer picture of snow in Durham
Elements of the UK woke as much as an sudden winter throwback on Saturday, as snow showers introduced an abrupt finish to a balmy April.
Pictures on social media confirmed as much as a centimetre of snow throughout the West Midlands, elements of Wales, Durham, Lincolnshire, and as far south as Oxfordshire.
However snow-lovers have been suggested to shortly construct their snowmen and ladies, with the April solar anticipated to shine via this afternoon.
Chris Web page, from the Met Workplace, stated the snow was “very patchy in nature” with “just a few bursts”.
“It is extremely remoted and actually it’s confined primarily to excessive floor – however the place the showers linger for a time we might see snow showers right down to decrease ranges,” he stated.
“Presently of yr the power of the solar is sort of robust so the snow shouldn’t be actually that more likely to cling round.”
The snow introduced with it a substantial drop in temperature, anticipated to final for the rest of the weekend.
After 18C and sunshine earlier within the week, temperatures usually are not anticipated to prime 8C within the north and 10C within the south.
The Met Workplace places the climate change right down to a a mixture of northerly airflow and April showers.