UK weather: FROSTY morning for most of Britain during COLDEST week of winter
BRITAIN is to be hit with further winter travel chaos on Wednesday morning as a "huge frost" is expected throughout the country, BBC weather has warned.
Weather to hit FREEZING temperatures overnight with snow
British residents will be forced to brace the cold this week as the UK faces the coldest week of winter.
Weather forecasters have said the brutal weather is expected to continue for the remainder of this week and possibly remain stay into next week.
BBC weather presenter Simon King said snow on Tuesday is “quite light” and has not caused many issues on Tuesday. But he warned the snow could continue through to the rest of the day.
BBC forecaster Simon King said there will be clear skies on Tuesday and it will lead to a “cold cold night”.
There will also be 20 to 40cm of lying snow in the Cairngorms and -15C is possible
Mr King said Britain will be faced with a “hard frost” on Monday as temperatures across the UK go below freezing.
He said: “There is still a few wintery flurries across the south east of England but a good spell of sunshine here. Sunny spells for Scotland and Northern Ireland.
“Heavy and wintery shows in the far north-west with a few thunderstorms. But it is a cold day.
“Temperatures only two to four degrees. Watch out for a bit of snow in eastern areas this evening and ice as well.”
Weather WARNING: Snow expected at start of week
The Met Office still has a yellow weather warning in place for snow and ice for regions across the UK.
Met Office meteorologist Alex Deakin warned that parts of west and south-west England could still see some more snow and sleet as the day develops.
The hazardous weather conditions caused havoc on Britain’s roads, with five multiple-vehicle accidents occurring on the M20 between junction 8 and 9 on Monday.
British Airways was forced to cancel around 80 short-haul flights to and from Heathrow on Monday, including three south trips to Aberdeen and Milan’s Linate airport.
Public Health England (PHE) with the Met Office has issued a level-3 cold weather health alert across England until Friday.
It states: “Cold weather has now set in, with brisk northeasterly winds in the south. There is now high confidence for a period of cold weather this week, raising the alert to level-3 for all areas.”
Hannah Findley, forecaster for The Weather Channel, said: “We are currently forecasting lows of -12C (10.4F) for Tuesday night in the Scottish Cairngorms, but this will feel like -19C (-2.2F) in the wind chill
“There will also be 20 to 40cm [15.7 ins] of lying snow in the Cairngorms and -15C (5F) is certainly possible, there is around a five-per cent chance of reaching this temperature.”