Temperatures could fall as low as minus 20C as UK continues to freeze
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Temperatures in northern parts of the UK could fall as low as minus 20C on Friday night as wintry weather continues, the Met Office has said. There are yellow warnings for ice on Friday morning covering the eastern coast of England and Scotland, the South West, Wales and Northern Ireland.
There is also a yellow warning for snow and ice for northern Scotland. All the warnings expire before midday. In addition, freezing fog is predicted across central and southeast England, and in parts of Wales, which may be "quite stubborn to clear" on Friday morning, said Met Office meteorologist Liam Eslick.
"It's going to be another cold couple of days," he added, and all areas of the UK are likely to experience sub-zero temperatures. Friday night may bring the coldest temperatures of the current cold snap, with temperatures possibly plummeting as low as minus 15C or even minus 20C.
"That's probably the lowest limits we're expecting," Mr Eslick said. UK weather: New ice warnings issued and runway closure causes travel delays - as temperatures set to reach -16C. UK weather: 'Significant' snow forces cars to crawl and delays trains after amber alert - with more warnings to come.
UK weather: Amber warning for snow issued - and temperatures could drop to -16C this week. "We probably don't really expect many places to get close to minus 20C, but we could see one or two places that could just touch that mark overnight Friday into Saturday.".
