People in Essex have been warned to brace itself for a bitterly cold few days - with overnight temperatures set to plunge as low as -4C at the start of next week.
A blast of cold air is forecast to sweep through the country from tonight, and the Met Office has issued a weather warning for potential snow in the north of the country,
Parts of Essex recorded their coldest temperatures of the year, according to the Essex Weather Centre.
Temperatures have really struggled today. Chelmsford has only managed 3.2C whereas Epping has remained static at 2.7C. Brrr!
— Essex Weather Centre (@EssexWeather) December 4, 2014
Meanwhile, wet weather will spread in a south easterly direction, affecting Essex on Sunday.
However, despite the cold weather, it will remain clear and dry for these parts on Friday and Saturday.
Across the rest of Britain, temperatures is expected to drop to as low as -6C tomorrow night, making some parts of the country colder that Moscow.
An inch of snow is forecast to fall on high ground over 200m in the south west, west and north west tomorrow, with up to four inches in western Scotland.
