Temperatures could descend once more in just over a weeks' time, recent weather maps suggest, plunging much of the UK below ...

And forecaster WXCharts' maps show up to 26cm of snow accumulating in Scotland as the extreme weather continues to take hold.

Met Office deputy chief meteorologist Dan Holley said: “Storm Bert marks a shift to much milder air and wintry hazards will gradually diminish through the weekend, but heavy snowfall is expected ...

The snow will spread across Munster, Connacht and parts of Ulster however, counties Cork, Waterford, Kerry, Limerick, ...