Met Office issues yellow warning for heavy snow

Monday, November 29, 2021

The Met Office has issued fresh weather warnings for snow and ice in southern England with treacherous conditions expected across the country.

Up to 2cm of snow could fall in London this evening, it has been confirmed.

Yellow warnings are now in place covering London, the South East and the East of England with parts of the Midlands and the North East already covered.

The alert will remain in place until 5 pm today, forecasters said.

Forecasters said that snow, which has been falling across northern areas so far today, will continue southwards, lasting only an hour or so in any one place.

Up to 1-2 cm may accumulate on some untreated surfaces and more widely on grass.

Meanwhile, experts from the Met Office have also urged Brits to brace for the coldest night of the season so far tonight, with temperatures plummeting as low as -10 degree Celsius in some places.

Met Office forecasters say they expect to see the mercury falling below zero in many parts of the country, including in cities such as London, where it could be -2 degree Celsius in the late hours of Sunday.

This afternoon the Met Office said the areas affected by the yellow warning are:

East Midlands

Derby

Derbyshire

Leicester

Leicestershire

Lincolnshire

Northamptonshire

Nottingham

Nottinghamshire

Rutland

East of England

Bedford

London & South East England

Buckinghamshire

Milton Keynes

Oxfordshire

West Midlands

Staffordshire

Warwickshire

West Midlands Conurbation

Yorkshire & Humber

North Lincolnshire

South Yorkshire

Ice warnings have also been issued around Britain, meaning people on their way to work on Monday morning should be careful of icy patches on the roads.

The warning will last from 3 pm on Sunday to 10 am on Monday in parts of the north east of Scotland and most of England.

It comes after the country was battered by Storm Arwen, which killed three people.

Gusts of almost 100 mph also saw transport disrupted, power cuts and damage to buildings, while heavy snow saw lorries get stuck and ploughs being used in a number of areas.

Summing up the damage caused by the first named storm of the season, the Met Office said the strong winds and a mixture of rain, sleet and snow led to power cuts, transport disruption, trees fell, there were large coastal waves and blizzards affected some hills.

Elsewhere, exposed sites in Scotland and Northern Ireland also surpassed 90 mph, with (70-80)mph seen more widely in the north of the UK, though parts of southern England and Wales also felt the effects of the storm.

This has been coupled with a few inches of snow which has fallen in some areas.

In the higher ground areas of Scotland we expected to see up to 15 cm falling but the strong winds meant the snow blew around and created a blizzard in some parts.

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