UK snow misery to go on as millions of Brits face -10C freeze in matter of days
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Brits under seige from Sunday's snowfall are facing another major cold snap with temperatures to plummet as low as -10C. Weather warnings persist after swathes of the country were hit by a wall on snow overnight at the weekend. The deluge has caused major travel disruption, schools have closed and thousands have been left without water and power.
Temperatures dived to lows of -13.3C in Loch Glascarnoch, Scottish Highlands, overnight, making it the coldest night of the winter so far. Several major roads have been closed, including the M25 in Surrey and M5 in Gloucestershire, as a result of the weather, while Manchester Airport closed its runways early on Monday morning due to heavy snow.
The runways have since re-opened. But the cold weather misery is not over just yet as forecasters deliver the news of further weather mayhem. WXCharts, which uses Met Desk data, projects temperatures to fall as low as -10.3C early on Thursday morning in parts of the Pennines and North West. A band of dark blue signifying temperatures of -10C or below covers parts of Lancashire all the way up to east Cumbria for 6am on Thursday.
The Met Office has meanwhile issued a yellow rain warning for much of the West Midlands across to the Lincolnshire coast on Monday morning, which is in force until 10am. A separate warning for snow and ice covers much of northern England and North Wales until midday.
There is also a yellow ice warning for Northern Ireland until midday, and two warnings for snow and ice which combined cover much of Scotland, one until 11am and another until midday. Hundreds of flood alerts and warnings remain in place across the country.
