The Met Office have issued a yellow warning for snow and ice as many parts of Britain face a return to much colder weather.
They warn that snow showers, strong winds and icy conditions will make travelling difficult for all but particularly those in hilly or coastal areas of the north.
This could be part of a lengthy cold spell as a result of cold Arctic air spreading across Europe and threatening a continued risk of wintry showers.
Forecasters are also monitoring the risk of cold air from the east swooping over the UK increasing the risk of a repeat of the dreaded Beast from the East, which covered the nation with heavy snow for several weeks last February and March.
After a cloudy, damp and mild start to the week across the British Isles, it will turn windier and wetter on Wednesday with a cooler northerly flow developing.
It will then feel noticeably colder from Thursday onwards with overnight frosts and wintry showers down to lower levels at times. A covering of snow is possible to the east of the Pennines in the Lincolnshire, Yorkshire and Humberside region, while falls are also likely in Scotland.
However, there remains a lot of uncertainty in the forecast from Friday.
A spokesperson for The Weather Channel said: “The overall pattern is for temperatures to remain below normal across the British Isles through the end of the month as we expect blocking high pressure to dominate across the north Atlantic to Greenland.
“This will result in cold plunges of air from the Arctic to spread across Europe with the continued risk of wintry precipitation down to lower levels at times.
“The much anticipated sudden stratospheric warming, and polar vortex split occurred at the beginning of the January. We are now seeing this anomalous warmth in the stratosphere slowly propagate down through the atmosphere.
“Research has shown that after a polar vortex split, this increases the risk of high latitude blocking and cold conditions across Europe.”