Overview
- The Met Office issued a yellow ice warning covering 132 areas from midnight to 10:00 on Wednesday, cautioning of icy patches on untreated roads, pavements and cycle paths.
- A deep low named Storm Goretti by Meteo France is forecast to cross the south Thursday into Friday, with 5–10 cm of snow possible for some, up to 20 cm on higher ground in Wales, and strong winds in the southwest, with exact impacts dependent on the track.
- The UKHSA kept England under an amber cold-health alert through Sunday 11 January, and cold weather payments were triggered across 451 postcode areas after prolonged freezing conditions.
- Monday night was the coldest of the winter so far at -12.5°C in Marham, Norfolk, with significant existing snow depths including 52 cm recorded in Tomintoul, Banffshire.
- Schools closed and rail and air services reported delays and cancellations on Tuesday, with National Rail warnings and LNER suspending services north of Edinburgh until early afternoon.