Met Office Weather 18th Nov: Ice, snow and freezing temperatures expected in the UK

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00:00Good morning, welcome to your latest weather update from the Met Office. It's been a chilly

00:05start for some of us this morning with some cold northerly air across northern parts of

00:08the UK. Over the coming days though, we do need to watch this area of low pressure sliding

00:13its way south and eastwards through Monday and Tuesday. And it's on that boundary between

00:16the warm air and the cold air where we see those weather fronts perhaps bringing some

00:20disruptive sleet and snow, particularly into parts of Tuesday. As that clears its way eastwards

00:25through Tuesday afternoon, that leaves us with northerly winds across the whole of the

00:28UK, so turning widely much colder for all of us in towards the middle part of the week.

00:34Back to what we've got out there at the moment though, and quite a chilly and icy start

00:37perhaps across parts of Scotland, so do take care during Monday morning's rush hour. But

00:41further south, a bit of a cloudier start to the day, some heavy outbreaks of rain across

00:45southern parts of England through the first part of the day. And then we see that weather

00:48front arriving across parts of Northern Ireland, likely falling as rain to lower levels, but

00:53we could perhaps see some sleet and snow over the hills during Monday afternoon. Plenty

00:59of clear spells and sunny spells to end the day, that sunshine perhaps turning a little

01:02hazy across northern parts of England through Monday afternoon. And it'll be feeling a cold

01:06day in the north as well with those northerly winds. Temperatures here in the low single

01:10figures, perhaps only two or three degrees as a maximum. However, further south, we are

01:14just holding on to that milder air for another day or so to the south of that weather front.

01:20So as we then go through Monday evening, that weather front across parts of Northern

01:23Ireland pushes its way eastwards into northern parts of England. And it's here that we could

01:27see that disruptive snow into the start of Tuesday. Again, it will most likely be falling

01:32as rain to lower levels, although we could perhaps see up to 20 centimetres of snow falling

01:37across the Pennines by the time we get to Tuesday morning. And there is a chance that

01:40we could see some sleet and snow falling to lower levels during Tuesday morning as well.

01:45So that's where we could see disruption during Tuesday morning's rush hour. Further south,

01:49there will be some blustery showers around as well. But across Northern Ireland and parts

01:53of Scotland, generally a drier start to the day on Tuesday. But with clear skies, that

01:57does mean quite a chilly start to with temperatures again dropping down below zero, particularly

02:01in some rural spots. So again, there could be some ice in places and further south still

02:06down in the single figures, although not quite as cold to start the day on Tuesday. So we

02:10do have that risk of perhaps some sleet and snow to lower levels during Tuesday morning.

02:15It does clear its way eastwards relatively quickly through Tuesday, although perhaps

02:18a bit of snow and sleet just lingering along some eastern coasts and a really brisk northerly

02:23wind here will make it feel particularly chilly. But for many of us, it will be a dry and bright

02:28afternoon with plenty of sunny spells around, although still some sleet and snow showers

02:32falling across northern parts of Scotland throughout much of Tuesday. With those northerly

02:36winds, it'll be feeling much colder than we felt recently, particularly for the southern

02:39half of the UK. Temperatures here only around seven or eight degrees and in the north only

02:44around three or four degrees. And for eastern parts of England, where we do see that really

02:48brisk northerly breeze, it will be feeling much colder still. As we then go through

02:53the rest of Tuesday, it'll be another chilly night to come and those colder temperatures

02:56are likely to persist through much of the week. But do make sure you keep up to date

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03:03media as well. Bye for now.

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