6 days Ago By Alycia McNamara
Brits woke up to cold temperatures this morning and with icy weather set to continue, the Met Office has issued a fresh wave of yellow weather warnings. Much of the UK saw snow fall yesterday, causing travel disruption and leading to nearly 200 school closures. Across the UK, Brits should beware of rain, sleet and snow which will continue to clear southwards across England and Wales with clearing skies to follow.
Temperatures are expected to fall below or close to freezing quite widely across the warning area with icy patches forming. The Met Office has warned those in affected areas to be aware of longer journey times and to be cautious of untreated roads, pavements and cycle paths. Currently 14 UK regions have been slapped with a yellow weather warning for ice, including most of Scotland, the entirety of Wales and Northern Ireland, as well as part of the north of England and the West Midlands.
It's a cold start to Wednesday morning with widespread frost across the country ?????? Wintry showers continue to affect northern Scotland and coastal regions through the morning, but expect plenty of sunshine further inland ☀️ Stay #WeatherAware ⚠️ pic.twitter.com/7oQmffo92l Its weather warning is in place for 16 hours with latest updates just released by the Met office , the warning is in place from 4pm tonight until 10am tomorrow.
Newly released weather maps suggest that there is no sign of the snow abating, with the potential for snow to last into the weekend. The weather warning says people should be aware that some roads and railways likely to be affected with longer journey times by road, bus and train services. Icy patches may be present on some untreated roads, pavements and cycle paths and some injuries from slips and falls on icy surfaces could occur.
Full list of areas under Met Office warnings Regions and local authorities affected include: Central, Tayside & Fife Angus Perth Kinross Stirling East Midlands Derbyshire Lincolnshire East of England Norfolk Suffolk Grampian Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Moray Highlands & Eilean Siar Highland North East England Redcar and Cleveland North West England Blackburn with Darwen Blackpool Cheshire East Cheshire West Chester Cumbria Greater Manchester Halton Lancashire Merseyside Warrington Northern Ireland County Antrim County Armagh County Down County Londonderry County Tyrone SW Scotland, Lothian Borders Dumfries and Galloway Strathclyde Argyll and Bute East Ayrshire Inverclyde North Ayrshire Renfrewshire South Ayrshire West Dunbartonshire Wales Conwy Denbighshire Flintshire Gwynedd Isle of Anglesey Powys Wrexham West Midlands Shropshire Staffordshire Stoke-on-Trent Telford and Wrekin West Midlands Conurbation Yorkshire & Humber East Riding of Yorkshire Kingston upon Hull North East Lincolnshire North Yorkshire.
