The warning, which starts on Monday evening, covers all of Wales’ 22 counties except Anglesey.

Snow and ice have struck parts of Wales, with a yellow weather warning in place this morning. The cold snap has seen a number of schools closed

Frequent sleet or snow showers are also expected to affect Wales and parts of northwest England this evening, moving into southwest England, the Midlands and parts of southern England in the early hours of Tuesday.

An amber weather warning for snow and ice for most of Wales has been issued for this weekend by the Met Office. It is the second highest level of warning and is in effect from 18:00 GMT on Saturday until midday on Sunday, with warnings of travel disruption.

The Met Office has issued yellow weather warnings of snow and ice for several regions as snow continues to cause carnage across the country.

Brighter on Tuesday but a few patches of cloud are expected to drift in, bringing a chance of the odd wintry shower. Wednesday will see dry and settled conditions with plenty of wintry sunshine. A few patches of cloud will move in on Thursday morning, bringing a chance of a wintry shower, but the skies will clear in the afternoon.

Meteorologists have today issued a new weather warning for the Potteries - while some parts of North Staffordshire are braced for a 'day of snow'. This morning and the Met Office has put a yellow warning for snow and ice in place for Stoke-on-Trent.

More snow is heading to Oxfordshire after the Met Office issued another yellow weather warning. The county already experienced snow and freezing rain over the weekend after the Met Office had given both amber and yellow weather warnings.

The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for snow and ice which comes into effect in Southampton tonight.