Ice and snow set to trigger coldest weekend for Brits as Scandi wind blast units in
Brits are set to shiver of their coldest weekend for a yr, with ice and snow stretching from Scotland to East Anglia.
Forecasters predict a cold excessive of simply 2C in London on Saturday – however even that may “feel like -1C” because of bitter winds from Finland.
Ladbrokes slashed the percentages on this December changing into the coldest on document to only 6/4. Spokesman Alex Apati stated: “It looks like Decemb-rrrr.”
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The Met Office and UK Health Security Agency have issued a chilly climate well being alert for 5 UK areas till Tuesday.
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Residents of the East Midlands, West Midlands, North West, North East and Yorkshire and the Humber have all been warned to count on additional pressure on the NHS.
A widespread yellow climate warning for snow and ice can also be in place, with essentially the most harmful situations anticipated in coastal areas.
A Met Office forecaster stated: “Wintry showers on Saturday affecting windward coasts will maybe transfer inland throughout Wales, the Midlands and southwest England later within the day.
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“From Sunday, northern areas are likely to remain colder with further coastal wintry showers. Other parts will turn increasingly unsettled.”
Temperatures will plummet to a bitter -10C within the north and -6C within the south in a single day – each colder than -5C Reykjavik, Iceland.
And tomorrow (SUN) might be scarcely much less freezing, with highs of simply 3C and snow flurries potential.
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The wintry situations are set to proceed properly into the week, with widespread in a single day frosts and patchy freezing fog.
A BBC Weather forecaster stated: “Monday’s rain will turn to snow on northern hills, with rain and hill snow pushing northwards on Tuesday.”
Last night time Britain’s councils had been getting ready for the deep freeze, with 2,000 highway gritters digging right into a salt mountain weighing nearly 1.5million tonnes.
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Around 500 snowploughs had been additionally being readied, together with dozens on the nation’s airports.
The Local Government Association stated: “Councils work across the clock to grit roads to ensure persons are stored protected.
“Councils have stockpiled millions of tonnes of salt.”
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