UK weather – Ultra-rare THUNDERSNOW forecast as Met Office issues warnings of travel chaos caused by -4c ice and sleet

THE Met Office has issued an urgent weather warning amid fears SIX HOURS of snow could cause traffic chaos.

A band of rain is moving eastwards across the country, bringing with it wintry showers.

By this afternoon there could well have been up to six hours of snow blizzards, gale force winds and widespread ice, as temperatures plummet as low as -3C.

Meteorologist Richard Miles said: “It’s going to be colder than we have been used to over the last couple of days and Christmas. We are going into a period when temperatures will be dropping quite a bit.”

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