Where weather warnings are in place as London hit by wintry showers - Wintry showers expected as temperatures plunge in first cold snap of the winter

SNOW has fallen across the UK today – with temperatures set to plunge to a bone-chilling -12C tonight. Londoners woke up to flurries in the capital – while locals in County Durham and

Many vehicles are said to be stranded in snow on a main road in North Yorkshire - just hours before the county comes under an amber snow alert

Several parts of the country are expected to see snow tomorrow, but only 16 counties will escape the white flurry.

London won’t be any warmer than 9C this week. The capital will see its coldest day of the winter so far on Thursday, when the temperature is forecast to drop to 5C, but according to the Met Office, it’ll will feel like more like a biting 2C. Overnight, it’ll be around 2C but feel like -2C or -3C.

New weather maps have captured a bitter incoming freeze set to send temperatures across the UK towards -10C for the first time this autumn, and snow showers as far south as Plymouth, Devon

A Sudden Stratospheric Warming - a weather event that caused the infamous 'Beast from the East' snowstorm - could be happening again

Amber and yellow weather warnings for snow and ice are in place across the UK, with some parts already hit by freezing temperatures and heavy snowfall.