The UK has been blasted by a particularly brutal cold snap this weekend, and it looks like this freezing weather is here to stay, as a snow bomb will hit in just a matter of days. The UK shivered through its coldest night of the season a couple of nights ago, with the wintry weather conditions forcing schools to close and roads to be blocked.

The Met Office said a weather station in Altnaharra in the Scottish Highlands recorded 9cm of snow on Thursday. And it appears that winter has well and truly taken hold got the country, as the latest UK weather maps have turned purple and white, indicating that more heavy snow is on its way. Many Brits could draw back their curtains and uncover snowfall on Sunday, November 23, with the mercury once again forecast to plunge below sub-zero.

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