Temperatures to plunge as cold snap expected to last at least a week
Share:
Temperatures could fall as low as minus 8C on Thursday night as wintry conditions are expected to continue for at least a week. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has issued cold weather health alerts for all of England ahead of a week of low temperatures.
Amber alerts have been issued from 12pm on Thursday until January 8, meaning a rise in deaths, particularly among those aged 65 and over or with health conditions, is likely, the UKHSA said. Temperatures could fall as low as minus 8C in rural Scotland and northern England, the Met Office said.
It will also be cold in parts of Wales and rural spots in southern England with between minus 4C and minus 5C expected. Dan Stroud, a meteorologist at the Met Office, said: “There’ll be widespread frost across the country tonight, from Land’s End to John O’Groats.
“It will be comfortably below where we should be for this time of year and I would expect temperatures to hit minus 8C in parts of Scotland.”. Mr Stroud confirmed conditions should become warmer by the end of this weekend before cold weather strikes again early next week.
He said: “The second half of the weekend should be in the high singles or low doubles. “But temperatures will dive again next week, particularly on Monday and Tuesday. “They should start to improve towards the latter end of the week. But there’s a lot of water to go under the bridge until then.”.
