It is most definitely time to blow the dust off your big winter coat and the heavy duty boots as a cold weather blast hits temperatures soon drop to sub zero. Millions of Brits will soon wake up to condensation on the windows and fog in the air as an Arctic freeze will grip the country in just two weeks time.
UK weather maps have turned an icy blue, indicating that the mercury is set to plunge to a bonechilling -4C. WXCHARTS indicate that the freezing weather will smash into the UK at midnight on Sunday November 16. The entirety of the UK is covered by a wall of blue, suggesting that no one in the country will escape the brutal weather.
Scotland is on track to see the brunt of the weather with the mercury to plunge to -3C. Large swathes of Northern Ireland could also see temperatures hit -2C as well as the North West and North East of England.
North Wales will see the coldest temperatures in that part of the UK with -2C, whilst the south of England will be slightly warmer with the mercury expected to drop to -1C.
London, Surrey, Sussex and Essex will see the warmest temperatures, but the mercury could still plunge to below 0C.
By 6am, the freezing weather is not forecast to let up, in fact it will only get worse. Tayside in Scotland is on track to see the coldest temperatures in the UK, with the mercury expected to plunge to -4C.
Stirling and Argyll and Bute are forecast -3C. Key Scottish citie, including Glasgow and Edinburgh, will see the mercury hover between -1C – 0C.
Meanwhile in northern England those in Newcastle and Middlesbrough will wake up to temperatures of around 1C.
Seperately in the Met Office’s weather this period says: “The gradual transition to a less unsettled pattern is anticipated to continue through the middle part of the month.
“With time, greater incidences of high pressure look set to affect the UK, bringing more in the way of dry weather, but also increasing the chances of overnight fog and frost.”
