Met Office updates weather map to show exact time snow will fall in Greater Manchester

A Met Office weather map shows the exact time snow is likely to hit Greater Manchester tonight.

Large parts of the UK will see heavy snow and freezing rain this weekend amid two amber weather warnings. A Met Office spokesperson confirmed temperatures reached a low -8.6C in Aboyne in Aberdeenshire overnight.

And the freezing conditions were expected to continue for most of Saturday, with most places ranging from 2-5C, with highs of 7C in south-west England An amber warning for snow and rare freezing rain covering most of Wales and central England, including the Midlands and Liverpool and Manchester, is in place from 6pm on Saturday to noon on Sunday, the Met Office said.

The second warning for snow, covering most of northern England including Leeds, Sheffield and the Lake District, has been issued from 9pm on Saturday to midnight on Sunday. Both of the warning areas can expect to see 3cm to 7cm of snowfall widely, while snow may mix with rain at times in lower-lying areas, the forecaster said.

A Met Office weather map shows a band of snow and hail making its way across Wales on Saturday evening before the first flurries hit the south of Greater Manchester at 8pm. By 8.15pm snow is forecast for the higher ground around Stockport, Tameside and Oldham, before the main band of snow and hail arrives around 8.30pm.

Forecasters predict it will snow almost continuously in Greater Manchester until 9am on Sunday when a band of rain begins to move in from the south.

Meanwhile three separate yellow weather warnings for snow and ice will be in force for most areas of the UK, covering different periods of time until Monday afternoon. National Highways warned a 'spell of disruptive snow' would spread across southern and central parts