Scotland is under an amber warning for heavy snow showers due to the coldest night of winter, with temperatures falling to as low as -14C. The Met Office has claimed that Tuesday evening was the coldest January night since 2019. Scotland witnessed school closures due to snowfall with warnings in place for ice and snow covering all the four UK nations. The UK, until the weekend, will continue to experience sub-zero temperatures, heavy frost and freezing conditions with treacherous pavements and roads.
The wintry weather will bring snow, sleet and rain across northern parts of the UK while bright sunshine will provide relief. By the end of Friday, high ground in north-west Scotland could see over 40cm of snow, says the Met Office. The cold weather has startled the UK Health Security Agency and has led to an amber alert for England, which means that elderly or vulnerable people with underlying health conditions may be at a greater risk of being impacted.
The freezing temperature of -14C was noted by the Met Office in Dalwhinnie, in the Scottish Highlands, which is the coldest January night since 2019, but it still fails to trump 2010’s temperature of -22.3C. The alert level for Northern Ireland and northern Scotland’s snow and ice warning is yellow until Wednesday night, while in Wales, the north-west of England, the West Midlands, and the south-east of England, the alert is in place until Thursday morning.
Many schools are closed or opening late due to the bitter weather, with disrupted pupils ranging from Shetland to south of the border in Wales, Cumbria, and Lancashire. The automatic £25 payments for households are being carried out in more than 220 postcodes as a result of the cold weather and apply to those receiving certain benefits who reside in areas where temperatures remain zero or below for seven consecutive days
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