Southern counties are set for snow amid Met Office weather warnings (Image: Met Office/Getty)
show striking counties across the south of England as the warns of more travel delays, power outages and potential injuries on icy patches.
The has issued a for snow covering southern counties of England from 9am until midnight on Wednesday, which could prove disruptive.
Between two and five centimetres of snow could build up fairly widely with as much as 10cm over higher ground. The ‘s warning stretches as far as south London.
The coldest nights of the year are expected this week as temperatures potentially reach -14C on Wednesday night and -16C on Thursday night, both in the North East of England and Scotland, according to the .
Meanwhile, the Environment Agency has said snowmelt has brought further disruption to parts of England, particularly in the Midlands, after the heavy rainfall over the New Year that saw significant river and surface water flooding across the North West of England and Yorkshire.
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More misery for racing fans
There will be no jumps racing on Thursday or Friday with frozen tracks claiming cards at Newbury, Doncaster and Huntingdon.
Only Ayr has staged National Hunt action so far this week and while Wednesday’s fixture at Taunton goes ahead as planned, another blank spell will end the working week.
Newbury’s clerk of the course George Hill had planned an inspection at 8.30am ahead of Thursday’s card, but was able to make a slightly earlier decision following temperatures of -3C overnight.
He said: “The forecast has unfortunately proved correct, we got down to -3C and it has been freezing since 9pm or 10pm.
“The course is frozen in places and we are forecast 1C or 2C today with the possibility of sleet or snow showers tonight and another freezing night. With temperature of 2C or 3C forecast tomorrow, it just won’t be enough”
It is a similar story at Doncaster, where clerk David Attwood has made an early call ahead of Friday’s meeting.
Huntingdon were also scheduled to race over jumps on Friday, but clerk of the course Andrew Morris admitted cancellation was fairly “inevitable” after flooding at the track earlier in the week.
Thursday’s other planned card at Catterick was called off on Tuesday.
Yellow weather warnings issued as snow and ice blast hits
These two maps show where the yellow weather warnings apply.
Ice and snow warnings have been issued by the Met Office (Image: Met Office)
This map shows a yellow warning over Scotland (Image: Met Office)
UK is in for a chilly night as mercury dips down to -7C
This map, also generated by WX Charts, shows it will be a chilly evening, with temperatures ranging from -7C in the Highlands to 0C across the southern half of Britain.
This map shows freezing temperatures across the UK at 6pm tonight (Image: WX Charts)
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Snow map shows snow across the UK later today
This weather map shows where snow is expected later today. The map, which was generated by WX Charts using MetDesk data, shows snow in southern counties as well as across a large swathe of Scotland, the North of England, Northern Ireland and North Wales at 6pm today.
This map shows snow in the south and northern half of Britain later today (Image: WX Charts)