UK snow warning: Met Office puts millions across 12 regions on alert for five-day blizzard
Forecasters have issued yellow warnings for snow and ice as temperatures plummet and Arctic winds sweep across the UK.
The Met Office has issued yellow weather warnings in 12 regions across the UK for snow and ice, as temperatures could plummet to -10C from today.
Yellow weather warnings for Scotland, Northern Ireland and the north of England are in place from Tuesday, January 16, as the weather takes a drastically cold turn over the next five days.
The Met Office states the 12 regions affected are; Central, Tayside & Fife, East Midlands, Grampian, Highlands & Eilean Siar, North East England, North West England, Orkney & Shetland, SW Scotland, Lothian Borders, Strathclyde, Wales, West Midlands, and Yorkshire & Humber.
Met Office meteorologist Honor Criswick said: "It is going to be feeling pretty chilly in the north of Scotland. Throughout the week we are going to see more and more snow showers and warnings, towards the end of the week we will probably see an accumulation."
Warnings in Scotland show an expected build-up of 2cm to 5cm of snow which could worsen throughout the week.
The forecaster added: "We are going to see showers feeding across Scotland, Northern Ireland, and mainly the east coast of England. It should be dry and bright inland."
Speaking to the Independent, the forecaster added: "On Tuesday, we are going to see more rain turning to snow moving east across the country, with more prolonged snow and more accumulations at low levels in the north of Scotland and northern England.
"That’s where we could see 5cm or 10cm of snow in low-lying areas.There’s a very low chance the south might see a bit of it. Southern regions are expected to be largely dry over Sunday and Monday."
In Scotland, a yellow weather warning for snow and ice is in place all day on January 14 and into Monday, January 15, covering areas including the Highlands and the Orkney and Shetland Islands.
Northern Ireland could also see up to 5cm of snow on higher ground on Monday, with a yellow warning in place from 3am until the end of the day.
However, regions in the south of England are at "low risk" of snow.
The latest snowdar sequence shows patchy rain and hill snow moving south across the UK ������️
— Met Office (@metoffice) January 14, 2024
Meanwhile, much colder air is moving in from the north, with the showers across Scotland turning increasingly wintry ������️������️ pic.twitter.com/XNmobHf1uX
The full list of regions and areas affected by snow and ice on January 16 are:
Central, Tayside & Fife
- Angus
- Clackmannanshire
- Dundee
- Falkirk
- Fife
- Perth and Kinross
- Stirling
East Midlands
- Derbyshire
Grampian
- Aberdeen
- Aberdeenshire
- Moray
Highlands & Eilean Siar
- Eilean Siar
- Highland
North East England
- Durham
- Northumberland
North West England
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Blackpool
- Cheshire East
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Cumbria
- Greater Manchester
- Halton
- Lancashire
- Merseyside
- Warrington
Orkney & Shetland
- Orkney Islands
- Shetland Islands
SW Scotland, Lothian Borders
- Dumfries and Galloway
- East Lothian
- Edinburgh
- Midlothian Council
- Scottish Borders
- West Lothian
Strathclyde
- Argyll and Bute
- East Ayrshire
- East Dunbartonshire
- East Renfrewshire
- Glasgow
- Inverclyde
- North Ayrshire
- North Lanarkshire
- Renfrewshire
- South Ayrshire
- South Lanarkshire
- West Dunbartonshire
Wales
- Ceredigion
- Conwy
- Denbighshire
- Flintshire
- Gwynedd
- Powys
- Wrexham
West Midlands
- Staffordshire
Yorkshire & Humber
- North Yorkshire
- South Yorkshire
- West Yorkshire