Overview
- The Met Office issued updated yellow warnings into Tuesday, including Northern Ireland from Monday evening and a fresh band from just north of Glasgow into northern England, with some areas forecast to see 10–15cm in central and eastern Scotland.
- Air, rail and road networks faced widespread disruption, with Loganair cancelling services, Liverpool John Lennon Airport closing its runway earlier on Monday, and National Rail warning that northern Scotland routes will be disrupted until the end of Tuesday.
- Hundreds of schools were shut or delayed opening across northern Scotland, including closures in Shetland and Orkney and later starts in Aberdeen, as authorities cautioned that rural communities could become isolated.
- An amber cold-health alert from the UKHSA now runs across England until Friday, with the Met Office reporting lows near -11C to -12C and confirming exceptional depths such as 52cm at Tomintoul in Banffshire.
- Forecasters expect a mix of rain, sleet and snow to push southeast on Tuesday before colder air returns midweek, and say a late-week low’s exact track remains uncertain, with further warnings likely as details firm up.