UK weather maps show exactly when and where Brits to be blasted with -5C chill

The chilly drawback that gripped the UK implicit the past fewer weeks looks acceptable to onslaught erstwhile again with immoderate much elevated regions of the state seeing snowfall erstwhile again

This is the nonstop day Brits volition beryllium blasted by a -5C chill that volition expanse crossed the state from adjacent week.

The frigid forecast comes arsenic the Met Office warns of a spell of unsettled weather with outbreaks of rainfall expected. It volition travel arsenic small respite for Brits who endured freezing conditions arsenic temperatures tumbled to- arsenic debased arsenic -18C earlier this month.

Weather maps from WXCharts showed the chill is owed to acceptable successful connected January 24 with temperatures expected to stay beneath freezing for overmuch of Scotland, Northumbria down to North Yorkshire. Pockets successful the Highlands and Northumbria are expected to autumn to arsenic debased arsenic -5C astatine 6am that day.

Temperatures stay akin astatine 9am with the mercury rising somewhat to -4C successful the pockets of the Highlands. According to WXCharts, successful the cardinal Highlands up to the `north-west of Scotland determination is arsenic overmuch of an 80 per cent accidental of snowfall falling astatine 6pm connected January 24.

Temperatures are expected to stay supra freezing successful overmuch of Wales, Northern Ireland and England, excluding the North East and North Yorkshire. Rain is forecast to autumn successful astir of Northern Ireland arsenic good arsenic the northernmost coastline of Norfolk and parts of eastbound Kent.

The UK has been blighted by a persistent acold drawback for overmuch of this period that has seen flood alerts and warnings being shared arsenic melting snowfall flowed into rivers crossed overmuch of England. Residents successful higher regions recovered themselves nether respective feet of snowfall with immoderate pubgoers being trapped successful a boozer for respective days.

The Met Office said successful its long-range forecast for January 23 to February 1 determination would beryllium a signifier of unsettled upwind during the aboriginal signifier of this period. "Outbreaks of rainfall and freshening winds volition astir apt marque inroads from the southwest during Thursday up of conditions much wide becoming wetter and windier by the weekend," the forecast said.

"A instrumentality to periods of rainfall followed by showers, often accompanied by beardown winds looks apt for the remainder of the month, with the imaginable for upwind warnings oregon adjacent a named tempest astatine immoderate constituent earlier the period is out. Temperatures astatine slightest should retrieve successful astir places, ending up adjacent mean oregon adjacent a small above, though admittedly not feeling similar it astatine times."

The unsettled spell is apt to proceed with periods of showers and beardown winds with cooler interludes. Met Office forecasters said unit would physique crossed confederate areas towards the mid-month and would effect successful longer drier and much settled spells.