Met Office reveals where SNOW will fall this week as ice weather warnings issued & temps dip to -3

THE Met Office has revealed where snow is set to strike in the UK as 12-hour ice warnings remain in place.

Temperatures plummeted to -3C last night as a fresh cold snap takes hold with two 12-hour ice warnings in place in Scotland and Northern Ireland until 10am.

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More snow is also expected by the end of today and into tomorrow after wintry showers struck in parts of the country last night.

Parts of Lancashire, Greater Manchester and Staffordshire are among spots forecast to see snow by the early hours of Friday.

Met Office spokesman Oliver Claydon told the Sun: “There is some snow in the forecast for tonight as a front moves in from the west, this is likely to fall as snow over 400m of elevation in northern England and Scotland.

“So we could see some snow accumulation over the hills in the north of the UK, which is normal for the time of year.”

The Met Office said in a post on X today: “A cold start on Thursday, with frost and patchy fog in places, and some icy stretches in parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland.

“A bright morning to come though, with plenty of sunshine around, and any showers remaining confined to northern coasts.”

A yellow ice warning, put in place for 12 hours from 10pm on Wednesday states: “Icy patches may lead to some travel disruption on Thursday morning.”

It adds: “Some injuries from slips and falls on icy surfaces.”

It comes after Britain was battered by Storm Eowyn – which brought winds over 100mph and torrential downpours.

More than 130,000 people were left without power and two people died, as a result.

This was followed by Storm Herminia, arriving earlier this week from Spain before the south coast was hit by 60mph gusts – with some reports linking it to Storm Ivo.

Mr Claydon said: “Storm Ivo is an area of low pressure in the south of the Bay of Biscay and it is not related to the weather we’re seeing in the UK.”

Met Office meteorologist Jeff Knight said: “An outlook for increased storminess carries a risk of storm clustering, meaning multiple storms could affect the UK in quick succession, like we have already seen for storms Eowyn and Herminia.

“Although the outlook can’t give any indication of the severity of specific events and therefore if any particular system will be named, the chance of impacts from wet and windy weather, particularly during February and March, are higher than to normal.”

The Environment Agency has issued 118 flood alerts and 14 warnings across England – while Natural Resources Wales has issued two further alerts.

Met Office Deputy Chief Meteorologist Chris Almond said: “Most areas will be dry with sunny spells on Thursday, although there’s the risk of some freezing fog patches at first. 

“Cloud, outbreaks of rain and hill snow will spread to the northwest by the end of the day, and Friday will see a cloudy day in the south, with some sunshine further north, before the next band of cloud and rain arrives in the northwest later. 

“Overall though, rainfall amounts will be lower than of late.” 

The forecaster had said yesterday: “Showers on Wednesday night will lead to a risk of icy patches.

“Showers will be wintry over high ground across Northern Ireland, and to lower levels across northern Scotland with a slight covering of snow possible in places, mainly above 200 metres.”

Kacper Dudek, 20, and Calum Carmichael, 19, died in separate incidents after trees fell on their cars during Storm Eowyn last weekend.

Winds reached 114mph in Mace Head, County Galway, Ireland, on Friday (January 24).