Meanwhile drivers of high-sided vehicles and motorcycles in the South West have been warned of “tricky” conditions as Storm Jake blows in.
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Winds up to 130 km/h also battered coastal areas of the north, west and south during the night.
A Status Orange weather warning has been put in place for coastal fringes for the north, west and south of the country, while the whole country has been given a Status Yellow wind warning.
The Met Office has issued yellow “be aware” warnings for snow and ice for much of northern England and northern Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, with up to 5cm expected in many places, rising to 10cm on higher ground.
Temperatures across Wales are only expected to reach around 6C, compared to around 11C yesterday.
DEVON is set to be battered by winds gusting to 70mph as the latest named storm – Jake – arrives.
Wintry showers are possible across the higher terrain of the Midlands, northern England and Scotland into Wednesday evening.
Hill snow can also be expected in parts of the city, despite what is one of the warmest winters on record this year.
In the United Kingdom, blustery weather is expected on Wednesday morning across south-west Wales and south-west England, where isolated gusts of 70mph are possible around exposed coasts, with gusts of 50mph inland.
“With the timing of these wintry showers coming across, you’d imagine there could be some disruption mainly to morning rush hour around those areas”.
Mr Burkill said it would be “noticeably colder” on Wednesday.
The Central England Temperature record series, which dates to 1659, showed it had been the second-warmest on record at 6.7C (44.06F), just below the 1869 record of 6.8C (44.24F).
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The average total rainfall across the country over the winter was 515mm (20.2 inches), second only to 2013-14, during which there were widespread storms and flooding.
