The first flurries of snow are predicted to hit the UK this week, just days after two violent storms lashed the country .

With temperatures plummeting in the wake of Storms Austen and Boelo , parts of Scotland will see a little snow falling on high grounds in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

The snow is forecast to fall in parts across the Central Highlands, near Loch Rannoch and Pitlochry, for a short time between 2am and 3.30am.

A Met Office weather map details the location of the scattered snowfall, with small patches of white and grey representing snow amid a band of blue rain.

It will come after the Met Office put in place a yellow weather warning for almost the entirety of Scotland lasting until Tuesday evening, as gusts of gale-force winds up buffer the north of the UK.

A Met Office weather map shows snow hitting high grounds in parts of Scotland this week (Met Office)

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