UK sees coldest night of winter as temperatures expected to fall further
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The UK has recorded its coldest night of this winter so far with more freezing temperatures expected in the coming days. Overnight temperatures fell as low as minus 14C in Altanharra, northern Scotland, according to the Met Office. Weather warnings for ice were in place across the majority of Wales and Northern Ireland, as well as large parts of the east of England, until 10am on Friday.
The Met Office has said Friday will see “the start of a change to our weather” with milder temperatures “attempting to move in from the south west through the morning”. But this is expected to only make “limited progress” and patchy rain, sleet and snow is expected across parts of South west Britain.
The forecaster added: “Amounts of snow are uncertain – probably small and confined to high ground, but there is a risk of icy surfaces in places. Much of the rest of the UK will have another dry and bright day but remaining very cold, with few freezing fog patches lasting all day.”.
Friday night is predicted to bring the lowest temperatures of the cold snap in parts of Scotland and northern England, with temperatures between minus 15C and minus 20C possible. Met Office meteorologist Liam Eslick said said: “That’s probably the lowest limits that we’re … expecting, 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.
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