As an Arctic blast sweeps across the country, temperatures in Britain are expected to plunge below the sub-zero level. As cold northerly winds are likely to hit parts of the U.K. by Wednesday evening, most parts of the country are likely to get covered in inches of snow.
South U.K. including northern Scotland, Northern Ireland, parts of Wales, Devon, Cornwall and the North Sea coast are forecast to get swept by the cold blast.
As per the weatherman, entire UK will be battered by snowstorms and chilly weather by the weekend. In fact, freezing storms that could possibly bring in two to four inches of snow can also occur from Friday over the whole of the country. Temperatures can witness gradual drop and can go as low as -12°C in parts of Scotland.
Due to thick ice and snow, heavy traffic causing travel disruptions is also a possibility. As per the forecasters, Friday could possibly be the coldest day of winters in the country. Numerous snowstorms and heavy frosts are also predicted to form due to a cold front moving in from the Atlantic.
On Wednesday, daytime temperatures are expected to settle at around 4°C-6°C however, strong winds will keep the weather stay freezing cold. Moreover, throughout the week, temperatures are expected to remain increasingly colder and by Friday, the night temperatures can go as low as -2°C.
Scotland and the North would be the first regions to get lashed by the freezing Arctic blast on Wednesday and then, is expected to gradually move all the way down to the south.
A low-pressure weather system is expected to bring cold northerly winds thereby moving in from the Atlantic. This weather system will bring moist and breezy weather on Tuesday evening thereafter, the cold front will move in from the Atlantic on Wednesday.
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