Pictures: See people enjoying the winter weather in the Stormont estate and other parts of Northern Ireland

In parks and public spaces such as the Stormont estate in east Belfast, and Wallace Park in Lisburn, snow-lovers savoured the wintry atmosphere. Children sledged down slopes, while others just enjoyed the picturesque ski resort-like conditions.

The Met Office said 7cm of snow had fallen over Castlederg in Co Tyrone by Sunday lunchtime, the largest amount recorded during current conditions, and warned that rural areas in particular would see temperatures drop to around -6C overnight.

Speaking to the News Letter on Sunday, a spokesman said commuters would need to allow plenty of extra time for scraping ice and snow from their cars, and for slower journeys to work over roads that will likely have been impacted by wintry conditions.

More snow could be expected on high ground, he added, in particular in the Sperrins, though Ulster should warm up over the course of next week.

Schools are also due to return this morning amid the weather warning. Covering the whole of Northern Ireland, the yellow warning level came into effect at noon on Saturday, and states the weekend’s snow showers will gradually ease today with the most frequent of them in the north of the province.