Overview
- The Met Office’s amber warning runs from 3am to 9pm Thursday for parts of North East England and Yorkshire, with gusty winds raising the risk of occasional blizzard conditions.
- Forecasts indicate 15–25cm over the North York Moors and Yorkshire Wolds and 15–20cm on higher Scottish ground, with 2–5cm possible where showers are most frequent elsewhere.
- Multiple yellow snow and ice warnings remain in force across Scotland, Northern Ireland, the east and southwest of England and Wales, with an additional East Anglia alert into Thursday morning.
- UKHSA has issued amber cold-health alerts for northern regions, National Highways has more than 530 gritters available, and National Rail urges passengers to check journeys as delays and cancellations are possible.
- Temperatures under the Arctic airmass could fall to around -11C to -12C in rural Scotland, and heavy snow has already stranded vehicles on the A171 and A169 near Whitby.