The Met Office has issued a fresh snow warning as a winter blast now spans the whole length of the UK from the Shetland Islands to London.
The latest yellow snow and ice warning is in place from 5pm tomorrow until 11am on Friday, covering a 795-mile long segment of the east coast. The warning says: "Further showers, wintry in places, leading to icy patches developing." Four warnings are in place in total between now and the end of the working week.
Many face travel disruption today with up to 5cm of snow anticipated to fall as temperatures continue to plunge across the UK. Temperatures have dropped in the last few days and snow has been widely anticipated to fall today and for the rest of the week. It is likely to cause disruption on roads and on rail networks, and pavements and other surfaces will become treacherous due to ice.
The Met Office has forecast average temperatures around or less than 2°C across northeast England, northwest England and Yorkshire and Humberside from today until Tuesday, December 5.
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Writing on its website about today's weather, the Met Office says: "Wintry showers will lead to ice forming on untreated surfaces during Tuesday evening and overnight into Wednesday morning. Snow will begin to accumulate, especially away from windward coasts, with 1-3cm possible. Higher routes of northeast Scotland may see up to 5cm of snow accumulate."
Southern areas may be affected, most likely on Thursday, however, as the mercury will remain low for several days yet. Met Office Chief Meteorologist, Neil Armstrong, said: "There is a reducing chance of snow for southern areas of the UK, although there is still a chance we may see some sleety wintry showers over higher ground in areas such as Dartmoor or Exmoor. Northern and northeastern areas of the UK in the moist north / northeasterly airflow continue to see a chance of snow or sleet and yellow snow and ice National Severe Weather Warnings have been issued."
All areas affected by snow warnings
Central, Tayside & Fife
- Angus
Grampian
- Aberdeen
- Aberdeenshire
- Moray
Highlands & Eilean Siar
- Na h-Eileanan Siar
- Highland
North East England
- Darlington
- Durham
- Gateshead
- Hartlepool
- Middlesbrough
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- North Tyneside
- Northumberland
- Redcar and Cleveland
- South Tyneside
- Stockton-on-Tees
- Sunderland
Orkney & Shetland
- Orkney Islands
- Shetland Islands
SW Scotland, Lothian Borders
- East Lothian
- Scottish Borders
Yorkshire & Humber
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- North Yorkshire
South West England
- Cornwall
- Devon
- Dorset
- Somerset
East Midlands
- Lincolnshire
East of England
- Cambridgeshire
- Essex
- Norfolk
- Peterborough
- Suffolk
UK 5 day weather forecast
Today:
A dry and bright day, with sunny spells. A few wintry showers are possible, mainly towards the coasts and also largely across the northeast of the UK. Possible rain in the southwest later. A cold feeling day for all.
Tonight:
Frost developing through the evening, becoming widespread overnight. Icy stretches where snow showers continue. Further patchy rain across the southwest of England, turning to snow over the Moors.
Thursday:
Cloudy for southern counties of England, with the further patchy rain at times, falling as snow across the Moors in the southwest. Sunny elsewhere, with wintry showers towards coasts. Cold.
Outlook for Friday to Sunday:
Staying cold throughout this period, with sunny spells and some wintry showers, mainly towards coastal areas. Widespread overnight frosts and some freezing fog patches.