A Met Office snow map shows exactly where and when snow will hit on Thursday. Amber and Yellow National Severe Weather Warnings have been issued for snow and ice as the cold weather continues, the Met Office has confirmed.
Yellow warnings for snow are in place across northern Scotland, Northern Ireland and the south coast of England for Wednesday and Thursday, with an additional warning across the west and north of Wales on Thursday that also encompasses Merseyside and Chester.
Oli Claydon, a spokesperson for the Met Office, told the PA news agency it will be “bitterly cold” on Thursday night. Temperatures are expected to plummet as low as -20C in parts of the UK in the coming nights, the Met Office has added.
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Maps and charts published by the Met Office via its Twitter, now X, platform show where the weather will be worst on Thursday. James Madden, from Exacta Weather, said: “As we all know, it will be turning temporarily milder into next week to begin with (the incoming milder weather is something covered repeatedly in all our short- to moderate-range and long-range weather forecasts prior to this week for this exact period).
“However, we will see the cold and snow returning with a vengeance towards the end of next week and into late January and early February due to long-range and expected occurrences in the upper atmosphere that will effectively begin to drive this weather across our shores for the biggest sting of this winter to date in terms of cold and widespread snow for many parts of the UK and Ireland, and so much for the mild and snowless January that people were being so vocal about in the days prior to 2025 and January starting.”
Dr Agostinho Sousa, the head of extreme events and health protection at the UKHSA, said: “This weather can have a serious impact on the health of some people, including those aged 65 and over and those with pre-existing health conditions, and it is therefore vital that we continue to check in on friends, family and neighbours that are most vulnerable.
“These people could be more at risk of heart attacks, stroke and chest infections as a result of cold temperatures.”