The latest BBC weather forecast showed up to 15cm of snow landing in Scotland within just 24 hours. This comes as meteorologist Chris Fawkes told BBC Breakfast viewers that rain will rapidly turn to snow “later today and tomorrow” across parts of the country. A Met Office yellow weather warning for snow and ice is in place from 5pm on Saturday until 3pm on Sunday for Scotland – but snow is also expected to spread to northern England as well.
Mr Fawkes said: “We are looking at a very mixed bag today weather-wise.
“Across the south and east of the country, it is a mild day. Some sunshine for much of the day.
“But across the north and west of the country, the rain will be spreading its way in and the weather will be turning increasingly windy.
“If that wasn’t enough, in Scotland, as colder air works in, later today and tomorrow, we will see that rain turn to snow and it could cause one or two issues on Sunday.”
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The BBC meteorologist continued: “As the cold air moves in behind the weather front, we see that rain turn…