The City of Lincoln said winter operation crews are on standby ready to respond to changing conditions. Crews began ...

THE Met Office has warned of a -5C Arctic chill with ice, hail, and snow on its way to cause travel chaos. Showers are set to continue until this evening with intermittent sleet and hail forecast.

They said: "While rain tonight may fall for a time as a mix of sleet and snow over hills and mountains ... scattered rain and some hail showers, with weather bosses warning that some of those ...

The warning states: "Showers will continue at times through Wednesday and Wednesday night, these falling as sleet or hail at times ... be issued due to ice, rain, fog, snow, sleet or other ...

The threat of strong to severe thunderstorms is expected to start Friday afternoon, with quarter-size hail ... where sleet or freezing rain mixes in during the transition from rain to snow ...

It comes as snow was spotted ... there has been rain, so take care if you're out and about in the early hours. "There will be plenty of showers across North Sea coasts bringing sleet and snow ...

Forecasters said showers would fall as sleet or hail and even snow ... and a band of showery rain will then sink southwards tonight, with a risk of sleet and snow over high ground – but clear ...

Drier than average but showers on Wednesday will have a wintry flavour with hail and sleet. A little snow on hills and mountains ... with a few outbreaks of rain pushing south.

Analysis: Historical reports tell us it was a day which often featured intense cold, torrential rain, thunderstorms ... gale with heavy falls of snow, sleet and hail and cold, resulting in slates ...