Overview
- The Met Office kept amber snow warnings over parts of northern Scotland and Shetland until noon Saturday, with 10–20cm possible on lower ground and up to 40cm on higher routes plus blizzard risk.
- Yellow snow and ice warnings cover large areas of the UK through Monday, with a fresh alert for Wales and the Midlands from Sunday afternoon to midday Monday forecasting 1–3cm widely and up to 5–8cm in spots.
- Early impacts include ScotRail cancellations in the north of Scotland and road closures, while Avanti reported all lines blocked between Carlisle and Lockerbie due to overrunning engineering work.
- England remains under an amber cold-health alert from the UKHSA until January 9, signaling severe strain on health and social care and heightened risk to older and medically vulnerable people.
- Met Éireann issued Status Yellow warnings for snow, ice and low temperatures across parts of Ireland, with readings as low as -2C to -4C, as Northern Ireland stays under UK yellow alerts into Monday.