London To Be Hammered By Snow And Ice 

Snow and ice could hit London as an Arctic blast will cause temperatures across the United Kingdom to fall below freezing tonight.

A yellow weather warning will be in place for the capital, the Thames Valley, East Anglia, parts of the Midlands and South Wales from 9 pm tonight until 10 am tomorrow, as well as in Northern Ireland.

Temperatures will plummet to -10C tomorrow in parts of the country as up to 30cm of snow could fall in isolated areas across Scotland. Other places could see 10-20cm of snowfall.

A level three cold weather warning has been triggered as the Met Office warns that sub-zero temperatures could pose a severe threat to vulnerable people.

The Met Office has extended its yellow weather alert for snow and ice to include much of England, Wales and Northern Ireland today as Britain shivers through the coldest day of the year.

Up to 4 inches of snow will fall across northern England and Scotland today. It will bring the threat of sleet and snow in the Midlands and southern England later in the week.

The forecasting body said temperatures in parts of the United Kingdom would drop below freezing tonight and will not top mid-single figures tomorrow or Wednesday.

An alert for snow and ice is already in place in much of Northern and Eastern Scotland and North East England. The area covered by it is set to extend as far south as Hull from tomorrow before it lifts at 10 am on Wednesday.

Met Office spokesman Grahame Madge said temperatures could fall to -1C in Manchester and 2C in London tonight.

Even colder overnight conditions are set to hit cities later in the week with the mercury dropping to -4C in London and -6C in Birmingham and Belfast.

Forecasters say temperatures are likely to remain far below average for early spring for much of the week. Below-freezing temperatures are expected to persist until March 11 at least amid a sudden stratospheric warming (SSW) event.

Mr Madge said conditions could be comparable to those encountered during a cold snap in December 2022 and may not lift for almost a fortnight, and he said temperatures will be much, much colder than we would expect at this time of the year.

He said the pattern will set in for some time, and that we have got this feed of cold air coming in from a much higher latitude.

But don’t worry, Mayor Khan said he can regulate the weather if you pay him enough money, and if you give him enough ULEZ spondulix, your air will be like a springtime breeze over a flower-covered meadow, but back in the real world, he’ll claim he’s too skint to grit your roads and doesn’t give a stuff if the buses slide about – he’ll just use the scant bit of grit left in the depot to do the cycle lanes.

Of course, a scarf, hat and gloves would keep the freezing weather at bay, but numerous people don’t appear to know what these items are for. Instead, you see fools in shorts or nylon jogging bottoms and tee shirts.

This cold snap is what used to be referred to as winter, where snow was so thick it almost came up to your knees. We whined about it but we just got on with it. Nobody had time off from work, and if it was difficult to get into work, there were incentives to get there, like a little bit of extra cash in your pay packet at the end of the week. We even had car shares for people who couldn’t get to work because trains might have come to a stand still – but people managed.