Up to 20cm of snow could hit the UK over the coming days in the country’s “first taste of winter”, the Met Office has said.The forecaster has issued several yellow weather warnings for snow and ice for parts of the UK between 3pm on Monday and 10am on Wednesday.

The Met Office has issued nearly two full days worth of weather warnings, with five parts of the UK currently affected by the latest yellow alerts.

The Met Office has warned that snow, sleet and rain could bring disruption to parts of the UK during Monday evening overnight into Tuesday morning.