Weather experts forecast 3cm of snow in parts of UK this weekend View 3 Images

The UK is bracing for a bitter cold snap over the next few days, with 3cm of snow predicted before temperatures tumble to as low as -4C in certain regions.

Sophisticated weather modelling charts from WXCharts reveal the mercury beginning to fall on Saturday evening, with areas of the Scottish Highlands and Cumbria's Lake District expected to reach 0C. The freeze may extend further, bringing snow showers that could settle to 3cm across northern Scotland's elevated terrain on Sunday.

The Met Office has issued warnings of a "cold and rather changeable few days to come", with Saturday anticipated to feel particularly bitter and Sunday set to begin cool but dry, before rain moves in from the northwest during t

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