Here's where heavy snow could hit the UK in the next couple of days with Brits being told to expect chilling weather conditions of -10C.
The Met Office is warning people to brace for a cold snap across Scotland, England and Wales from today until Friday.
A yellow weather warning was issued as an Arctic blast of air from Norway is expected to hit the nation.
The lowest temperature in the country last week was recorded as -8.9C in Shap, Cumbria, the meteorologist revealed.
Now, a weather warning has suggested up to four inches of snow could fall in northern Scotland, with a strong northerly wind likely to cause drifting and blizzard conditions in some areas, The Sun reports.
Met Office meteorologist Alex Deakin told people to expect significant snow in central parts of England and Wales in one model for next week.
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Met Office)One predicted mid-week scenario shows heavy snow across the South with significant snow in the Midlands.
The Met Office said this scenario has a 30 per cent chance, while a second scenario with 70 per cent chance suggests cold winds and snow showers will come down covering Scotland and the East of England.
Snow is also set to fall across the south coast in this scenario.
The warning comes as fire chiefs urged the public to be risk averse while trying to combat the blistering cold, including using dangerous electric blankets.
Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue and the Public Protection Partnership, which oversees trading standards in the county, conducted free electric blanket testing for local residents - and found alarming results.
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Peter Macdiarmid/LNP)A string of test sites were set up in Theale, Newbury, Wokingham and Crowthorne, and of the 17 blankets that people brought in, only four - less than a quarter - were declared completely safe.
Though it was a small sample, fire chiefs said there was no reason to believe it did not show a widespread problem.
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Liverpool Echo)The testers advised 13 of the blanket owners that theirs were so unsafe, and they should not use them.
Met Office spokesman Grahame Madge said: "We are in this pattern for seven days at least.
"We could see it continue for a while longer, there's uncertainty in the evolution and how long it will last.
"However, the pattern for the next seven days is that it will remain cold and we will see double-digit minus figures overnight in areas that are prone to frosts and areas where there is lying snow."
