Snow set to fall on London on Saturday amid weather warnings across much of UK

ondon is set to be blanketed with snow on Saturday amid weather warnings affecting many parts of the UK.

The snowfall will begin in the capital “around three or four in the morning” and will continue into the afternoon, the Met Office said.

Met Office meteorologist Simon Partridge projected that between three to five centimetres of snow would fall in London on Saturday.

Mr Patridge added that the snow would be followed by rain in the afternoon.

“By the time we get to late morning and into the afternoon that snow will then turn to rain”, he said.

“The rain will be falling on the snow, so a lot of snow will probably get washed away. By the time we get to the evening there may not be a great deal of snow left.”

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