A number of airports have closed their runways by the weather overnight.
Manchester Airport has said their runways are “temporarily closed due to heavy snow.”
Liverpool John Lennon Airport has also posted on X this morning to say the runway is “temporarily closed” due to snow but the airport remains open.
“We are working hard to clear the runway and will provide an update at 07:45,” they add.
Birmingham Airport suspended operations for a time overnight but said it was on schedule for “business as usual” again this morning.
Heavy snow has been moving north throughout the night and affecting much of England and Wales. Earlier snow in southern England and south Wales has now turned back to rain as milder air moves in from the south, but heavy snow continues further north.
The areas seeing heavy snow early on Sunday morning are north Wales, the north Midlands and stretching across all of Northern England. There is currently around 5cm of snow in many cities including Leeds and York.
The heaviest falls are over higher ground, especially the Pennines, and the Cumbrian Fells where we could see 40cm of snow by the end of today. There’s also some snow affecting southern Scotland, especially heavy for the Southern Uplands.
Ice is also a hazard this morning, especially for parts of Wales and central England, as rain falls onto sub-zero surfaces, freezing on contact.
It’s been a bitterly cold night for the northern half of the UK. The coldest spot last night was Loch Glascarnoch in Scotland where temperatures fell to -11C. Contrast that to southern England where temperatures are a very mild 12C.
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