Overview
- An amber Met Office warning is in force for parts of North East England and Yorkshire until 9pm Thursday, with 15–25cm of snow possible on the North York Moors and Yorkshire Wolds.
- Five yellow warnings for snow and ice cover wider areas of Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales and parts of England, with temperatures in Scotland forecast to plunge to around −12C on Friday.
- Road disruption has been reported with vehicles stranded on the A171 near Whitby and the A169 closed between Whitby and Pickering, as authorities advise sticking to main routes.
- National Rail warns of delays, cancellations and speed restrictions, and CalMac reports cancellations and delays on some west coast ferry routes.
- UKHSA cold-health alerts are active across England, 190 schools and nurseries closed in Aberdeenshire, and winter operations are underway with more than 530 gritters deployed and London activating SWEP for people sleeping rough.