Storm Gertrude is now off into Scandinavia, but we've been left a parting gift, and that's Arctic air making its way down from the north to bring a real rash of snow and wintry showers across northern Britain, with blizzard conditions and some sizeable accumulations for the higher ground of Scotland.



Weather type radar from earlier today - track the latest rain, sleet and snow here.

The showers will make their way south during the day, continuing in Scotland too, but making their way into northern England and Wales as well. They'll fall as snow over the higher ground, even to lower levels in the heavier bursts - although here sleet and wet snow is more likely.



For the Midlands south, it's a drier picture with some sunny spells coming through as well, particularly in the east but even here the chillier air will arrive with a keen westerly wind blowing.

The wind is also a feature across the more wintry northern half of the UK, gusting to 60-70mph at times, which coupled with the snow and wintry showers will make for some really tricky conditions on the roads, and cause any accumulating snow to drift. Temperatures today will peak at 5-7c in southern Britain, falling away as you head further north, so 3-5c in northern England and Northern Ireland, 2-4c more typical in Scotland.