Monday night could see the Mercury hit -10C

Monday night could see the coldest night of the winter thus far as temperatures could drop as low as -10C.

Scotland and northern areas will see the Mercury plummet the Met Office said.

Ice will sweep across the UK reaching the south coast and snow is forecast for high level areas including Scotland and a yellow weather warning is in place.

Watch out for icy patches, blustery showers and some sleet or snow during Monday's morning rush hour pic.twitter.com/DstJWLPFjK

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Met Office Meteorologist Simon Partridge said, “There’s potential that we could see the coldest night of winter so far on Monday night going into Tuesday morning.

“It depends if we have clear skies over snow for long enough.

“This leads to cold temperatures, and we’ll certainly have two cold days.

“Sleet and snow showers are forecast for Monday, which will bring icy patches to low ground and snow to higher ground.”