Brits woke up to cold temperatures this morning and with set to continue, the has issued a fresh wave of yellow weather warnings.
Much of the UK saw yesterday, causing travel disruption and leading to nearly 200 school closures.
Across the UK, should beware of rain, sleet and snow which will continue to clear southwards across England and Wales with clearing skies to follow.
Temperatures are expected to fall below or close to freezing quite widely across the warning area with icy patches forming.
has warned those in affected areas to be aware of longer journey times and to be cautious of untreated roads, pavements and cycle paths.
Currently 14 UK regions have been slapped with a yellow weather warning for ice, including most of Scotland, the entirety of Wales and Northern Ireland, as well as part of the north of England and the West Midlands.
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It’s a cold start to Wednesday morning with widespread frost across the country ??????Wintry showers continue to affect northern Scotland and coastal regions through the morning, but expect plenty of sunshine further inland ☀️Stay ⚠️
— Met Office (@metoffice)
Its weather warning is in place for 16 hours with latest updates just released by the , the warning is in place from 4pm tonight until 10am tomorrow.
Newly released weather maps suggest that there is no sign of the snow abating, with the potential for snow to last into the weekend.
The weather warning says people should be aware that some roads and railways likely to be affected with longer journey times by road, bus and train services. may be present on some untreated roads, pavements and cycle paths and some injuries from slips and falls on icy surfaces could occur.
Temperatures will be below freezing and could reach as low as -10C in some parts of the UK (Image: WXCHARTS)
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The colder weather looks set to stay and will extend into the weekend (Image: WXCHARTS)
Full list of areas under Met Office warnings
Regions and local authorities affected include:
Central, Tayside & Fife
- Angus
- Perth
- Kinross Stirling
East Midlands
- Derbyshire
- Lincolnshire
East of England
- Norfolk
- Suffolk
Grampian
- Aberdeen
- Aberdeenshire
- Moray
Highlands & Eilean Siar
- Highland
North East England
- Redcar and Cleveland
North West England
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Blackpool
- Cheshire East
- Cheshire West
- Chester
- Cumbria
- Greater Manchester
- Halton
- Lancashire
- Merseyside
- Warrington
Northern Ireland
- County Antrim
- County Armagh
- County Down
- County Londonderry
- County Tyrone
SW Scotland, Lothian Borders
- Dumfries and Galloway
Strathclyde
- Argyll and Bute
- East Ayrshire
- Inverclyde
- North Ayrshire
- Renfrewshire
- South Ayrshire
- West Dunbartonshire
Wales
- Conwy
- Denbighshire
- Flintshire
- Gwynedd
- Isle of Anglesey
- Powys
- Wrexham
West Midlands
- Shropshire
- Staffordshire
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Telford and Wrekin
- West Midlands Conurbation
Yorkshire & Humber
East Riding of Yorkshire
Kingston upon Hull
North East Lincolnshire
North Yorkshire