Brits under seige from Sunday’s snowfall are facing another major cold snap with temperatures to plummet as low as -10C.
Weather warnings persist after swathes of the country were hit by a wall on snow overnight at the weekend. The deluge has caused major travel disruption, schools have closed and thousands have been left without water and power.
Temperatures dived to lows of -13.3C in Loch Glascarnoch, Scottish Highlands, overnight, making it the coldest night of the winter so far. Several major roads have been closed, including the M25 in Surrey and M5 in Gloucestershire, as a result of the weather, while Manchester Airport closed its runways early on Monday morning due to heavy snow.
The runways have since re-opened. But the cold weather misery is not over just yet as forecasters deliver the news of further weather mayhem. WXCharts, which uses Met Desk data, projects temperatures to fall as low as -10.3C early on Thursday morning in parts of the Pennines and North West. A band of dark blue signifying temperatures of -10C or below covers parts of Lancashire all the way up to east Cumbria for 6am on Thursday.
The Met Office has meanwhile issued a yellow rain warning for much of the West Midlands across to the Lincolnshire coast on Monday morning, which is in force until 10am. A separate warning for snow and ice covers much of northern England and North Wales until midday.
There is also a yellow ice warning for Northern Ireland until midday, and two warnings for snow and ice which combined cover much of Scotland, one until 11am and another until midday. Hundreds of flood alerts and warnings remain in place across the country.
The Environment Agency has issued 166 flood warnings, meaning flooding is expected, and 299 flood alerts, meaning flooding is possible, across England. In Wales, there are three flood warnings and 34 flood alerts.
Monday morning has so far brought chaos to commuters, many of whom are returning to work following the Christmas and New Year period. The M25 anti-clockwise carriage was shut down from junction 10 for the A3 to junction eight for Reigate after a lorry crashed into the central reservation and came to a rest sideways across the carriageway.
Extensive flooding in Gloucestershire meanwhile forced the M5 to be shut between unction 11A for Gloucester to junction 12 for Quedgeley. Several stretches of A-road were also closed due to severe weather, including the A66 in Cumbria and Woodhead Pass between South Yorkshire and Derbyshire.
Railway lines between Derby and Nottingham were also closed due to flooding. Cold air will return and remain across the whole country from Monday onwards after a brief spell of milder conditions in southern areas, the Met Office said.
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