UK weather forecast: Britain braced for POLAR STORM – 'WIDESPREAD SNOW' to fall express.co.uk

A deep storm system brewing in the Atlantic threatens to tear across the UK during the first week of March pulling in a mass of Polar air. Weathermen warn not to hang up the winter coats yet just as millions of sun-lovers get ready to slap on the suncream and head outdoors. Freakishly high temperatures over the next few days will give way to a bitter Arctic battering of icy gales, snow and ice, experts say. Swathes of the country could be hit by snow through the start of March as winter dishes up a chilly parting shot. Exacta Weather forecaster James Madden warned not to be lulled into a false sense of security by the glorious, spring-like weather.