Arctic winds to bring snow and flood chaos
ARCTIC winds will cause temperatures to fall this week as snow threatens to cause problems in remote parts of the country.
Harsh overnight frosts and wintry flurries are expected in the North.
Meanwhile, the South is braced for more heavy rain today with the risk of flash floods in regions where the ground is already saturated.
The Met Office has a severe weather warning for rain in the South-west, where river levels remain high after persistent downpours.
Thermometers are likely to fall by midweek with overnight lows of -4C (25F) in the North and just above freezing in the South. Daytime temperatures will struggle to get out of single figures.
Jonathan Powell, of Vantage Weather Services, said heavy snow will cripple parts of the North.
He added: “It is going to turn bitterly cold from Tuesday onwards and this could bring the first widespread frosts across the whole country.
“Bitter winds from the polar region will send temperatures plummeting this week. With wind chill we could see -7C.”
Parts of the UK have already been hit by the first proper snowfall of winter – with three inches falling in Cumbria and parts of County Durham on Saturday.