The forecaster warns of further disruptive conditions as the temperature is expected to fall to minus 12 and more snow will fall with chances of further school closures
Following on from the wintry showers the Met Office has issued further weather warnings as the “coldest night of this winter so far” hits.
After snowfall across the country the weather forecaster are warning of icy conditions due to the below freezing temperatures.
Disruption is likely this morning (Friday, November 21) as as a mix of rain, sleet, wet snow and small hail, will lead to wet surfaces in many places.
As temperatures fall below freezing overnight icy patches will develop and last through Thursday night and into Friday morning, the last day of the cold snap.
According to the Met Office on Friday temperatures could fall to around minus 7C in parts of England and Wales.
The Met Office warn to ‘keep yourself and your family safe when it is icy’.
Roads and pavements are likely to be slippery so prep before leaving the house and allow extra time for journeys whether on foot, bike or in a car.
In the North East there remains a chance of further snowfall as wintry showers will continue to feed inland from the North Sea.
The forecaster predicts another 3cm of snow to hit areas including Newcastle Upon Tyne.
In Scotland snow is expected to continue into the early hours of the morning which could settle or form ice on untreated surfaces.
The country could face up to 5cm in places, with the weather warning in place until 11am as temperatures could fall to as low as minus 12C.
Forecaster Simon Partridge said: “It does look like we will have the coldest night of this winter so far, widely areas are below freezing.
“And the main reason for that is we’ve got a little ridge of high pressure moving across the UK overnight tonight and basically the main difference between that and previous nights is the winds are a lot lighter.
“Friday is really the end of the really cold weather as things turn back to average by the time we get into the weekend.”
The warnings comes after schools across the nation were forced to close, roads were shut and many were left without power.
Regions and local authorities affected:
Grampian
- Aberdeen
- Aberdeenshire
- Moray
Highlands & Eilean Siar
Orkney & Shetland
- Orkney Islands
- Shetland Islands
North East England
- Darlington
- Durham
- Gateshead
- Hartlepool
- Middlesbrough
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- North Tyneside
- Northumberland
- Redcar and Cleveland
- South Tyneside
- Stockton-on-Tees
- Sunderland
SW Scotland, Lothian Borders
- East Lothian
- Scottish Borders
Yorkshire & Humber
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- Kingston upon Hull
- North Yorkshire
- York
East Midlands
East of England
- Cambridgeshire
- Essex
- Norfolk
- Suffolk
London & South East England
Yorkshire & Humber
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- Kingston upon Hull
- North East Lincolnshire
- North Lincolnshire
Wales
- Carmarthenshire
- Ceredigion
- Conwy
- Gwynedd
- Isle of Anglesey
- Pembrokeshire
