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The Met Office has issued a weather warning for East Ayrshire with wintry weather expected to hit the area on Tuesday.

Now residents across the area are being advised to prepare for the cold snap, with motorists too being advised to be ready for anything.

Temperatures dipped below 0C this morning with a light dusting of frost hitting the streets.

But the weather looks set to get worse after the Met Office issued a yellow weather warning for snow - covering Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley

Forecasters are advising of “widespread frost” later tonight, saying that they expect this to turn to sleet and snow on Tuesday.

It may only be November, but forecasters say residents can expect a morning temperature of -5 °C tomorrow – the maximum temperature expected tomorrow is 4 °C.

That was backed up by a warning in place from 12pm on Tuesday to 9am on Wednesday. Snowfall could be as much as 15cm in some places too, forecasters have predicted

The Met Office warning reads: “A widespread frost at first, then outbreaks of rain, sleet and snow pushing in from the west. Significant snowfall possible by the end of the day, particularly higher areas. Cold.”

Motorists are now being arked to be mindful of wet or icy conditions and vision obscured by mist or fog, with advice being for car owners to check their vehicles are in good working order with plenty of tread on their tyres and functioning lights.

They should also check their oil levels and keep spare capacity in the fuel tank in case journeys end up taking longer than expected.

The warning continued: “This could bring accumulations of 4 to 8 cm across some hilly areas of northern England and Scotland, largely above 200-300m, with as much as 15cm possible above 300-400m.

“Overnight Tuesday night and into Wednesday morning, as snow peters out over Scotland, there is the potential for snow to settle to low levels over parts of Yorkshire and down into the northeast Midlands, though with a good deal of uncertainty about this.

“Please be aware of the risk of difficult driving conditions in some areas.”

The chief forecasters said: “A band of rain spreading slowly in will turn to snow as it encounters cold air. Whilst this will be mainly on high ground, and heavier bursts could easily bring snow down to low levels.

“Overnight into Wednesday morning, there are concerns that heavier bursts could bring snow more widely down to low levels over parts of eastern England, though at this stage there is low confidence.”