The Met Office has forecast sleet showers throughout the morning as snow falls in Southampton.

Southampton was hit by snow flurries shortly after 8am this morning, with the adverse weather expected to persist throughout the morning according to the Met Office.

Sleet and snow showers are forecast until 12pm before the afternoon makes way for sunny intervals.

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Here is Thursday’s hour-by-hour forecast:

9am: Snow, 1C

10am: Sleet shower, 2C

11am: Sleet shower, 2C

12pm: Sleet shower, 2C

1pm: Sunny intervals, 3C

2pm: Sunny intervals, 3C

3pm: Sunny intervals, 3C

4pm: Clear night, 2C

5pm: Clear night, 1C

6pm: Clear night, 1C

7pm: Clear night, 0C

8pm: Partly cloudy night, 0C

9pm: Partly cloudy night, 0C

10pm: Partly cloudy night, 0C

11pm: Partly cloudy night, 0C