Overview
- The UK Health Security Agency’s amber alert is in force from 8pm on December 31 to 10am on January 6 across large parts of England due to sustained cold conditions.
- Met Office yellow warnings cover multiple regions, including a 24-hour alert for Yorkshire from midnight Friday to midnight Saturday and a shorter window for parts of Greater Manchester from midnight to midday.
- Forecasters expect 1–3 cm of snow quite widely with 5–8 cm possible in places, most likely across the North York Moors, with icy patches developing as showers ease Saturday evening.
- Temperatures are set to stay well below average with daytime highs near 1–2C, overnight lows of −4 to −5C and feel-like values near −8 to −9C in some areas into early next week.
- Authorities caution of road and rail disruption and injuries from slips on untreated surfaces, urging people to plan journeys, use treated main routes and allow extra time.