UK weather forecast: Freezing fog and sub-zero temperatures to follow widespread disruption
Temperatures could drop as low as -5C
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Your support makes all the difference.Freezing fog and sub-zero temperatures will grip much of the UK after snow, ice and plunging temperatures caused widespread disruption over the weekend.
Rain, gales and frost are likely on Monday night, according to the Met Office.
“For most areas tonight it will be dry across the UK, but we will see quite a lot of freezing fog patches forming,” Mark Wilson, a Met Office meteorologist, told The Independent.
“Temperatures will drop below freezing tonight. It will be cold with a few frost patches. In rural spots it could drop down to -4 or -5C.”
Mr Wilson said Tuesday will bring a “foggy start” to some parts of the country, “but for many eastern parts it will be a dryer morning”.
However, he warned that by the end of the day “most places will be seeing some cloud and rain”.
“We could even get some gales across most of the exposed parts of the west throughout the day. It will be quite mild tomorrow as well, particularly compared to what we had last week, wtih highs of 10-11C in some places.”
As the country recovers from the coldest night of the winter so far, thousands of pupils were affected by school and nursery closures due to snow and ice in the north of Scotland on Monday.
Headteachers made the decision to either shut or partially shut when severe weather conditions caused road closures, with one school and a nursery also left with no water, heating or power.
More than 7,000 pupils in the Highlands from a total of six secondary schools (4,226 pupils), 20 primary schools (2,486 pupils) and 15 nurseries (524 children) were affected.
In Moray, 15 primary schools, two secondary schools and three nurseries were also either closed or partially closed by conditions.
Next week is likely to “stay changeable”, Mr Wilson said. “We’re going to see some rain, some showers and also some brightness as well. But it will be much milder than it was last week.”
There was “some potential for a bit of snow over higher ground in the north of England”, he said, but added: “That’s fairly typical for this time of the year. We’re not expecting any major distription from that.”
The Met Office forecast warned of more unsettled weather on Friday “with rain and strong winds” going into the weekend.
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