Tuesday evening could possibly be the coldest of the 12 months thus far, the Met Office has warned, with temperatures set to drop as little as -15C (5F).
It would beat the present lowest temperature of -10.4C (13.3F), recorded at Drumnadrochit close to Inverness within the Highlands within the early hours of 19 January.
The lowest temperatures on Tuesday are anticipated to be in sheltered Scottish glens, particularly the place there may be contemporary snow cowl.
It comes because the Met Office – and the UK’s Health Security Agency (UKHSA) – issued warnings for snow and ice for giant components of England, Scotland, Wales and, Northern Ireland, this week.
Arctic air is sweeping throughout attributable to a “highly amplified” jet stream, combined with an space of decrease stress over the Mid-North Atlantic, which is pushing air up into northern areas and again down in direction of the UK.
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A yellow warning is in place for London, the Thames Valley, East Anglia, components of the Midlands and South Wales from 9pm on Monday evening till 10am on Tuesday.
An an identical one can be in place in Northern Ireland on the identical time.
Another yellow warning is in place for a lot of Northern and Eastern Scotland and North East England and is about to stay in place till 10am on Wednesday.
South West England and South Wales can be coated by one other yellow warning for snow all day on Wednesday, and some centimetres of snow may fall in these areas.
‘Much colder than we might count on’
North England, North Wales, most of Scotland and Northern Ireland will even be coated by a yellow warning for snow between 3am on Thursday and 6pm on Friday.
Met Office spokesman Grahame Madge stated temperatures could be “much, much colder than we would expect at this time of year”.
He stated: “We expect these conditions to remain in place until at least next weekend and possibly longer because sometimes these conditions can be quite stubborn and not easily subject to change.”
The Met Office warned journey disruption is probably going and journey occasions by automotive, practice and bus might take longer than typical. Some rural areas may additionally turn out to be minimize off from the nationwide energy grid.
UKHSA has issued a degree three chilly climate alert for the entire of England, which is more likely to be reviewed within the coming days.
The company’s head of utmost occasions and well being safety, Dr Agostinho Sousa, stated folks ought to test on weak family and advised pensioners and anybody with an underlying well being situation to warmth their dwelling to at the least 18C (64F).
Source: information.sky.com”