30 places set for snow next as flurries return to the UK have been revealed by the Met Office. Yellow warnings for snow and ice remain in place across parts of Scotland and Northen Ireland while a yellow warning for snow covers parts of southern England.
A full list of snow, ice and fog warnings for the country affects Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Moray, Na h-Eileanan Siar, Highland, Orkney Islands, Shetland Islands, County Antrim, County Fermanagh, County Londonderry and County Tyrone as well as Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, Greater Manchester, Halton, Lancashire, Merseyside, Warrington, Cornwall, Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Gwynedd, Isle of Anglesey, Pembrokeshire, Powys, Swansea, Wrexham.
Netweather TV’s Nick Finnis said: “Thursday is looking dry, sunny and cold after a frosty start – away from northern Scotland – where further sleet and snow showers are likely spreading down from the north. Another very cold night to follow, with a widespread hard frost, some very low temperatures over the snow fields.
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Friday likely to see the last snow threat of this cold spell away from northern Scotland. An elongating occluding frontal system, aligned northwest-southeast, looks to move in from the west off the Atlantic across Ireland, SW England and Wales Friday morning, rain along the fronts turning to snow inland across Wales and over higher ground in SW England.
“However, there is a great deal of uncertainty over how far east the front and its rain, sleet and snow will get. This is because the frontal system will bump into a ridge of high pressure lying over the UK, with models often struggling on how quickly to weaken fronts in such set-ups.
“Most models don’t get precipitation any further east than Midlands and central southern England on Friday, with it fizzling out past here. But this may change, so we will keep you updated. Accumulations of any snow inland across Wales and the southwest uncertain at this stage, but the risk of disruption looks low for now. But, again, this could change.”