London snow: Office workers' delight as first snow of winter falls in capital

Hatty Collier30 November 2017

Londoners were left delighted by the first snowfall of the winter as light flurries fell in the capital.

Parts of central London including Holborn and Lothbury saw light snowfall at around 11am on Thursday.

Snow also fell in parts of south-east London including Beckenham and Blackheath.

Met Office forecaster Helen Roberts had earlier said it was "not impossible" for sleet and snow to reach parts of London but added: "It would be fleeting and it would not settle."

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A cold snap is currently gripping Britain with temperatures set to plunge to -10C in Scotland and -5C in other parts of the country overnight.

London's offices workers expressed their delight as they saw flurries of snow from their windows.

Hannah Myers tweeted: "A tiny bit of snow starts falling on London and you can hear the wave of excitement pass through my office."

Lauren Tims wrote: "It just started snowing in central London! #snow #everyoneruntothewindow."

Other parts of the country have been blanketed by a layer of snow as forecasters warned of possible disruption and plunging temperatures.

The Met Office issued yellow warnings for icy patches and snow covering swathes of England and northern Scotland, and for ice in western Wales, Cornwall and much of Northern Ireland.

Police forces across the country issued warnings to drivers to beware of icy roads.

Snow on the ground in West Lane, Middlesbrough
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Met Office forecaster Mrs Roberts said central parts of England will see cold autumn sunshine, with wintry showers most likely in eastern and northern parts of the UK.

She said: "As the showers push further inland by this afternoon and this evening, we could see them pushing as far inland as the Midlands, and it could turn to sleet and snow.

"There could be an accumulation but probably not a lot, like the North York Moors, where we have already got a few centimetres.

Heavy snow in Seaham, Co Durham
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"Otherwise it will feel cold, with temperatures in the low to mid single figures.

"With the wind chill factor particularly it will feel quite a lot colder in some places. It will definitely feel sub-zero and a temperature of 3C could feel more like minus 3C."

She added that Thursday night going into Friday is expected to be the coldest of the season so far, with the mercury potentially sinking below the minus 6.3C recorded in Topcliffe, North Yorkshire, on November 25.

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