April snow expected to continue across country Published duration 24 April 2017

image copyright goodfellers image caption The April freeze is sometimes called the "lambing snows"

Several parts of Scotland have experienced April snow showers as an icy blast blew in from the north.

The Highlands, Aberdeenshire coast and Shetland were among areas where snow fell overnight and into Monday.

The Met Office later issued a yellow warning for between 22:00 on Monday and 09:00 on Tuesday.

image copyright Met Office

It said wintry showers could hit almost anywhere in the UK as the Arctic air began to move further south.

Spokesman Grahame Madge said: "As we go over the next 36 hours, those wintry showers will become quite frequent.

"There's a possibility of wintry showers just about anywhere in the UK but more likely is that people anywhere, really, could see hail."

image copyright MrH image caption This wee chap was spotted out and about in Rothiemurchus

image copyright Boreas image caption Spring flowers peek through the snowfall at Aberlour

"In the south, it's possible that people could see sleety rain or hail for some time but we're not likely to see any accumulation or settling.

"The more at-risk areas for seeing snow are obviously the northern hills.

"But, generally, what we'll see in those very showery conditions is that when it starts to rain, it'll drop the temperature maybe enough to trigger the development of sleet or even the odd snow shower for a time."

image copyright Buckbeak143 image caption This boat was hurrying home in sleet "before the storm" at Achiltibuie

Mr Madge said the colder weather will also bring plummeting temperatures at night.

The BBC Scotland Weather team said on Twitter : "Based on records from 1981 to 2010 the UK average is for 2.3 days of snow in April."

They added: "Snow is more likely at the beginning of April than the end, however, there have been a number of notable snow events this late on in the UK."

image copyright Weatherman Bill image caption This was the view at Brough looking across the Pentland Firth

image copyright The Grahamslaws image caption Banchory took on a decidedly winter feel on Monday

image copyright JT image caption Rosehearty saw snow falling

image copyright braidsea quine image caption There was snow at the seaside as Fraserburgh turned a bit white

image copyright maudie image caption Knockandhu had a decent covering of snow as the temperatures fell

image copyright jayaar image caption Light snow was also falling at Inverallochy

image copyright Up North image caption Shetland got a dusting on Monday morning - here at Baltasound

All pictures from BBC Weather Watchers.