Met Office names five areas to face snow on Sunday amid -7C temperature change

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The Met Office's weather maps show where snow is set to fall on Sunday morning as wintry conditions hit the UK, with temperatures dropping as low as 1C in parts of the Scottish Highlands

These striking weather maps show snow is expected to fall on Sunday morning.

The Met Office says wintry conditions are anticipated throughout the day with a band of snow to move in from the west. This will affect multiple regions between 7am and 10am, the Met Office's maps indicate.

This comes as the El Niño weather phenomenon threatens to usher in colder conditions this winter, with polar vortex winds in the Arctic experiencing sudden stratospheric warming, which can cause powerful westerly winds to reverse direction into easterly winds.

And temperatures are already poised to tumble in the coming days. It was 11.4C in Whitchurch-by-Cardigan, Pembrokeshire, on Friday but the mercury is set to linger around 4C or 5C on Sunday, colder across Scotland. The drop from Friday's high to Sunday's low is therefore expected to be as large as 7C.

Based on the Met Office's forecast, northern Scotland will begin seeing snow from approximately 7am, with the Highlands bearing the brunt of the wintry precipitation.

Areas of northeast Scotland, particularly Aberdeenshire, should also anticipate some snowfall. The maps indicate temperatures plummeting to as low as 1C in certain parts of the Highlands on Sunday, reports the Express.

The Met Office's website states in its Sunday forecast: "Early sunshine in the east on Sunday, and later across the far north and west. Otherwise cloudy and breezy with outbreaks of rain, some heavy. Hill snow in the north."

Looking ahead to the beginning of next week, the forecaster suggests that people in certain areas can expect further snow extending into Tuesday. Downpours are expected elsewhere on Tuesday morning, particularly across the Midlands and the East of England.

The forecast adds: "Colder, but sunnier on Monday. Wintry showers in the far north, with rain, and hill snow moving north across the UK into Tuesday. Brighter, but colder again for most midweek."

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