Overview
- Yellow warnings include a Tuesday snow alert for much of Scotland from 3am to 6pm and ice alerts from Monday night into Tuesday across Scotland, with additional ice and snow advisories extending into parts of northeast and northwest England.
- UKHSA’s cold-weather alert runs from 8am Monday to 8am Friday for the East Midlands, West Midlands, North East, North West and Yorkshire and the Humber.
- Met Office forecasters attribute the downturn to a northerly Arctic flow, with widespread frost, daytime temperatures in single figures and lows near -7C nationally after a weekend minimum of -7C at Tulloch Bridge.
- Model guidance indicates the highest snow totals on elevated terrain, with up to about 18cm in Scotland and around 9cm on the Pennines, while many urban areas may see little or only brief settling.
- Officials warn of possible travel disruption and icy surfaces, and the RAC expects breakdowns to rise by roughly 10% as recently saturated roads transition to freeze–thaw conditions.