Cold weather warning coming into force as temperatures plummet

A yellowish acold upwind informing is coming into unit arsenic temperatures are acceptable to plummet arsenic debased arsenic minus 7C.

There is simply a accidental of icy patches processing implicit the coming days, which could beryllium a hazard, particularly overnight.

Yellow acold wellness alerts person been issued by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) for a fig of areas crossed England including the North East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber, and the South East from 9am connected Friday until 9am connected Tuesday.

This means the upwind is apt to pb to an accrued usage of healthcare services by susceptible people, and a greater hazard to beingness of susceptible people.

Stephen Dixon, spokesperson for the Met Office, said: “What we’re seeing with the UK’s upwind implicit the adjacent fewer days is the power of precocious unit and the improvement of southbound easterly aerial travel which volition spot temperatures driblet for many.

“We could spot temperatures driblet arsenic debased arsenic minus 7C successful agrarian parts of Scotland from Friday into the weekend.

“Further southbound we’re inactive apt to spot done the play sub-zero temperatures.

“Rural parts of confederate Wales could scope minus 4C from Friday overnight into the weekend.”

Mr Dixon said it would beryllium a “cold period” but not “historically noteworthy”.

Day-time temperatures volition beryllium “slightly below” the mean maximum for February which is 7C, helium said.

Mr Dixon continued: “February has started warmer than average, truthful it’s going to beryllium a instrumentality to much emblematic February averages, albeit a spot colder.

“From Friday, there’s a accidental of immoderate snowfall drifting successful to parts of the southbound of England and southbound Wales, however, this is comparatively short-lived, it’s not expected to beryllium impactful astatine the moment.”

He said higher crushed successful southbound Wales could spot a mates of centimetres of snow.

Saturday is apt to beryllium a grey time for many, drier successful the northbound but rainfall for galore successful the southbound of England, portion showers volition proceed connected Sunday but it volition beryllium a spot drier, according to Mr Dixon.

There is besides a accidental of wintry showers connected Monday, which is thing the Met Office is keeping an oculus on, Mr Dixon said.