Reading residents woke up to a blanket of snow this morning (March 8). The Met Office put yellow warnings for snow and ice in place from Wednesday into Thursday morning (March 9).

The conditions are being described as an Arctic blast and are expected to bring more snow and ice throughout the UK, the Met Office said.

Roads have managed to cope fairly well with the downfall, as too did train services which are operating as normal from Reading Station. The Reading to London Paddington service had the most delays throughout the day.

Several schools were closed in Reading as a result of the snow: Garland Junior School, Highwood Copse Primary, Kintbury St Mary’s C of E Primary School, Mortimer St Johns C of E Infant School, Shaw-cum-Donnington C of E Primary School, St John the Evangelist Infant and Nursery School, St Nicolas C of E Junior School, Sulhamstead and Ufton Nervet C of E Voluntary Aided Primary School, The Castle School, The Willink School and The Willows Primary School.

Met Office chief meteorologist, Matthew Lehnert, said: “Snow, ice and low temperatures are the main themes of this week’s forecast, with the UK under an Arctic maritime air mass.

“Snow could lead to some travel disruption, with a chance some rural communities in the north could be cut off.

“The focus for the snow moves to southern England and South Wales tomorrow and some may wake up to a few centimetres of snow, with the south coast and far south-west likely to see a mix of rain and sleet.

"The impact of lying snow and ice on untreated surfaces may have an impact on Thursday morning travel.”

Temperatures are due to increase today, (Thursday, March 9) reaching 10 degrees Celsius. According to the Met Office, there is no snow forecast for the rest of this week, but roads may still be icy.