BRADFORD is set to get a further blast of wintry weather with a spell of heavy snow showers today.

The Met Office is reporting that Bradford will get a spell of light and heavy snow tonight.

It will be a day of heavy showers until sleet from 5pm, turning to light snow at 6pm today and continues until 8pm.

This snow will get heavier briefly between 8pm and 9pm today, which will then be replaced by dry and cloudy conditions for the rest of the night.

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But there are already reports of snow in the Bradford district, as this police tweet shows:

 

The daytime temperature today will only reach a high of 4C, but cooling to 2C when the snowy spell arrives.

The rest of the week will bring dry and cloudy conditions for Bradford.

No weather warnings are in place for Bradford for today.