Overview
- An amber alert from 5am to 9pm on Thursday covers parts of North East England and Yorkshire and the Humber, where frequent showers could leave 15–25cm of snow on the North York Moors and Yorkshire Wolds.
- Multiple yellow warnings for snow and ice remain in force across Northern Ireland, much of Scotland, parts of Wales, and southwest and northeast England, with the Met Office listing 39 local areas at risk of snowfall.
- Road and rail disruption is expected with possible power cuts, as National Rail advises passengers to check journeys and National Highways deploys more than 530 gritters with crews on duty around the clock.
- The UK Health Security Agency has issued amber and yellow cold-health alerts across England, and forecasters say temperatures could drop to around −11C in rural Scotland with significant overnight ice.
- Met Éireann’s Status Yellow snow and ice warning is active for Cavan, Donegal, Monaghan, Leitrim and Sligo until Thursday noon, and forecasters expect conditions to turn milder for many into the weekend.