LONDON -- The UK woke up from the coldest night of the year Tuesday to a blanket of snow in many parts.
Northerly winds brought snowfall to much of the country, prompting warnings from the Met Office of widespread travel disruption amid forecasts of 10cm of snow in parts of Scotland and 5cm across the North Yorkshire Moors.
Temperatures dropped to -9.1 degrees Celsius at Katesbridge, Northern Ireland, while Wales bottomed out at -8 degrees Celsius.
However, while it draped much of the country in beautiful swathes of the white stuff, it wasn't quite as epic as it could have been. Travel was difficult for many - roads were closed, trains were cancelled, and snow ploughs brought out in force - but for much of the country it just looked a bit, meh.
Even The Met Office's warning was pretty mild.
Cold today, with some sunshine for Wales, central and western England. Elsewhere, cloudier with isolated wintry showers, weakening. I'm Dan— Met Office (@metoffice) February 3, 2015
This was the scene in London.
Omg so much snow pic.twitter.com/MqIYzIB2PR— Ben Ellis (@benellissss) February 3, 2015
Finally... #snow pic.twitter.com/e89I1c68dP— Barbican Centre (@BarbicanCentre) February 3, 2015
#Greenwich gets a light dusting ... expect travel chaos! #londoninthesnow #London #snow pic.twitter.com/lNdjiUHIa5— Judith Quin (@JudithQuin) February 3, 2015
Breaking news!!! #London under #snow storm!!! Oh wait, no, just 1cm... Yes, you can go to work! #PanicNoPanic pic.twitter.com/qzfxkjsaWz— Anthony TOCCO (@anthony_tocco) February 3, 2015
Woo! It's just like Narnia! #London #Snow pic.twitter.com/1o9L17r0ex— Paul Vlitos (@PaulVlitos) February 3, 2015
Oooh.... Brrrr ... London .... #snow! pic.twitter.com/Tc1nW0aT6r— kylie minogue (@kylieminogue) February 3, 2015
Nevertheless, proper snow did fall elsewhere.
#beautiful #snowyday #snowuk #Lincolnshire #grantham pic.twitter.com/C892sm5Qh8— Henson & Ball (@ArtyHenson) February 3, 2015
What a treat to wake to snow.. Where did your trail take u this morning!. #maverickrace #theoutdoorsawaits#trailrunning#running#snowuk A photo posted by Maverick-Race (@maverickrace) on Feb 3, 2015 at 1:11am PST
It was enough to concern one local police force, who used a cow to demonstrate what it's like driving with a windscreen full of snow.
Before you set off you MUST be able to see, its the Law....! #Snow #DrivingSafely #ItDoesHappen pic.twitter.com/J8Db7EVzbV— Redbridge MPS (@MPSRedbridge) February 3, 2015
In other news, a news reader was hit by a snowball but carried on reporting valiantly.
More sleet and snow is expected over the course of the day.