Weather maps show UK towns gripped by snow as temperatures plummet to bitter -20C overnight
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Weather maps have turned purple as the UK faces more heavy snow after what was expected to be the coldest night of winter. Brits face further travel chaos with snow and ice warnings in place from the Met Office while temperatures may not get above freezing in most parts of the country today. As icy conditions persist, motorists are being urged to stick to major roads that are most likely to have been gritted. Car insurer RAC said it has seen the highest levels of demand for rescues in a three-day period since December 2022.
A snow map from WXCharts shows that there could be up to 42 centimetres of snow in the north west of Scotland at 6am on Friday and 35 centimetres in north west England while most of the country can expect some flurries. And by midday it is a similar situation with the same accumulations of snow expected.
It has gradually got colder as the week has gone along due to Arctic air moving southwards and it is not expected to become milder until the second half of the weekend. Wednesday’s lowest overnight temperature was -12.4C in Inverness-shire, Scotland, and overnight into Friday it is expected to have dropped as low as -20C in the valleys of Scotland.
Met Office weather warnings for ice are in place across the majority of Wales and Northern Ireland, as well as large parts of the east of England and some areas of western England, until 10am on Friday. There is also a warning for snow and ice in northern Scotland that runs until the same time.
