UK weather: cold snap brings more snow and ice

Snow and ice has brought treacherous conditions to many parts of the UK overnight, with the cold snap forecast to continue into the new year.

Bands of rain, sleet and snow were moving across the country on Tuesday morning, bringing dangerous driving conditions, particularly in Manchester, Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Berkshire, the Met Office said.

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In east Lancashire, there were “lots of collisions coming in as the snow falls heavily”, according to Terry Woods, the deputy chief constable of Lancashire, while Highways England also warned motorists of snow-covered roads.

The AA said regional restrictions, imposed because of Covid-19, meant roads were quieter than normal.

A yellow warning for snow and ice for much of England, Wales and Scotland would remain until 10am after heavy snowfall in some regions, with more wintry weather expected on Wednesday and Thursday.

The warning area was extended at 2am to cover more of southern and central Scotland, as well as further south-east to include parts of Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire.

Freezing fog patches were likely to be slow to clear in parts of England and western Scotland, the Met Office added.

Temperatures were close to freezing in central Scotland and parts of the Midlands, a Met Office graph showed, and were between 2C (35.6F) and 4C elsewhere, rising to 7C in Plymouth.

The Met Office said: “Wintry showers will start to fade inland in the afternoon, but they will continue to stream into coastal areas, northern Scotland and Northern Ireland.”

Temperatures in the afternoon were forecast to be approximately 4-7C across the UK, turning cold quickly in the evening with widespread frost.

Swathes of London, the south, south-west, plus the east of England and Wales and parts of the Midlands, have also been warned snow and ice could cause disruption on Wednesday and Thursday.

A low-pressure system was expected to merge rain with cold air, turning to snow over hills and lower areas.

The Met Office said further warnings were likely this week as the cold snap continued into 2021.

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