Snow and ice expected as UK braces for ‘first taste of winter’

Snow and crystal are forecast crossed parts of the UK successful the coming days, successful what the Met Office has said volition beryllium the country’s “first sensation of winter”.

Temperatures volition beryllium overmuch little than the mid-November mean by time - and whitethorn scope beneath freezing by night.

The aboriginal hours of Monday saw the coldest temperatures since past winter, with minus 7.8C logged successful Tulloch Bridge, Scotland. Snow was already falling crossed bluish Scotland by Monday afternoon.

The Met Office has issued 3 yellowish warnings for snowfall and crystal crossed bluish Scotland, bluish England, Northern Ireland and parts of the Midlands.

It has warned autobus and bid services whitethorn beryllium delayed oregon cancelled, with immoderate roadworthy closures and longer travel times possible.

Temperatures are predicted to driblet to -2C successful London connected Friday, -4C successful Birmingham and -7C further north.

There is simply a anticipation of 15-20cm (6-8in) of snowfall connected the crushed supra 300m (984ft) and 5-10cm (2-4in) successful areas higher than 200m (656ft), with a "chance" that snowfall could deed little levels and origin roadworthy disruption.

"It is going to beryllium rather a wide acold week," Met Office spokesperson Nicola Maxey said. "A fewer degrees beneath mean some time and nighttime for astir of the country."

The UK wellness information bureau (UKHSA) has issued a uncommon amber acold upwind wellness alert for the East Midlands, West Midlands, North East, North West and Yorkshire and the Humber are the regions connected alert.

The bureau has warned of an accrued hazard to susceptible radical and expected interaction crossed the full wellness service.

“It is captious to cheque successful connected susceptible friends, household and neighbours to guarantee they are good prepared for the onset of acold weather. Particularly if they are aged oregon different astatine accrued risk,” Dr Agostinho Sousa, Head of Extreme Events and Health Protection astatine UKHSA, said.