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FRESH warnings for snow and ice, with the potential to cause rail and road closures, power cuts, and injuries, have been issued for Wednesday evening. The warning has been made by the Met Office, which has also issued a weather warning for ice across the North West from 6pm. The disruption could hit supermarket delivery drivers, with both Sainsbury’s and Tesco already having to cancel shopping orders as several centimetres of snow settled across parts of the UK. Across the rest of the country, from 10am on Wednesday until 6am on Thursday, much of southern England and London is covered by a snow and ice warning; while from 6pm a warning for snow kicks in for much of the Midlands and north-east England and eastern Scotland, lasting until 2pm on Thursday.
England’s south-west is the only place expected to escape the cold that will chill the UK on Wednesday as hazardous conditions hit much of the country.
Wintry showers are expected to hit Northern Ireland and northern Scotland on Wednesday, with north-west England and North Wales covered by a weather warning for ice from 6pm, the Met Office said.
The Met Office issued fresh warnings for snow for Wednesday, with the potential to cause rail and road closures, power cuts, and injuries.
Further wintry showers for some of us through this evening ️
These falling as a mixture of rain, sleet and #snow and most frequent in the coastal areas further north ❄️
Snow and ice weather warning for London as New Year cold snap grips UK Robert Dex
London could be hit by snow flurries on Wednesday as the UK is gripped by a freezing cold snap in the last days of 2020.
The Met Office said the south-west of England was the only place expected to escape the cold that will chill the UK on Wednesday, as hazardous conditions hit much of the country.
A snow and ice warning has been declared for London and much of southern England from 10am today until 6am Thursday.
Met Office meteorologist Alex Burkill said any lying snow for southern counties could be “disruptive and impactful”, adding: “We could still see a few centimetres building up. These areas don’t usually see that much snow.”