UK weather: Met Office warns Arctic blast to bring ‘heavy’ snow showers & winter hazards as mercury plummets to -10C
THE Met Office has warned an Arctic blast will bring “heavy” snow showers and winter hazards – as the mercury plummets to -10C.
Forecasters said a “northerly wind” and “Arctic influence” will drag temperatures further down over the coming days.
Air will surge southwards from the North Pole, bringing snow showers in many parts of the UK.
An amber cold health alert for the north west, the Midlands and the south is in force until noon tomorrow.
The amber alert, issued by the UK Health Security Agency, means “cold weather impacts are likely to be felt across the whole health service for an extended period of time”.
It comes as the mercury dropped to -10.4C at Aviemore in Scotland yesterday.
Snow and sleet could fall in the Pennines, Yorkshire, the Humber and parts of the north west.
Met Office expert Will Lang said: “There will be a resurgence in the really cold weather through the weekend.
“It will spread across the whole of the UK during the early part of next week.
“Initially, this means there will be more in the way of showers around the coasts.
“The showers will turn increasingly to snow for many areas, especially further north.”
But much of the UK will stay cool and dry for the rest of the week, with temperatures in the low single figures down south.
The lowest daily minimum temperature of this winter so far is minus 12.5C, recorded at Altnaharra in northern Scotland on December 3.