Britain kick started its New Year with some downpour but the New Year’s week is going to be frosty cold for much of the UK. The weather is expected to create travel chaos also making it difficult for people to drive and walk on pavements.
Icy patches, slippery roads are being predicted for the first week of the New Year. The Met Department has issued a ‘yellow’ weather warning for the country. The "yellow weather" warning stands for parts of the country including Scotland, Northern Ireland, the North of England and the East Midlands.
Temperatures are expected to settle below sub-zero levels. The higher reaches of the areas can accumulate snow falling between 2 and 5cm. Snow, showering rain and sleet are a possibility over the Chiltern Hills.
Forecasters predict a possibility of freezing -7°C (19°F) temperature in Wales and the Scottish Highlands. Furthermore, rains are expected to clear off but the cold air coming from the north will leave a frosty and chilly night behind.
The yellow weather warning is expected to last until 3 pm on Tuesday. Northern Ireland and Scotland are also expected to witness chilly weather and people are advised of the hazardous road conditions.
Though the weather is likely to warm up during the latter part of the week. But only a marginal increase in the temperatures are expected.
As per the Met Department, the coldest temperature Britain has ever seen at New Year was in Braemer Aberdeen shire in 1962, when temperatures went below to a freezing -0.4F (-18.5C).
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