ICE & SNOW - A wintry start to December

Areas at risk- northern half of UK

Scotland, Northern England, Northern Ireland

Widespread ICE

Frost

Wet snow, settling on hills, higher routes of N.Britain

Temperatures will plummet during Monday night near to freezing for N.Ireland, N.England and much of Scotland with a frost. There will be a severe frost over lying snow in N.Scotland. Temperatures will fall several degrees below freezing for NE Scotland. After the day’s showers and moist air, there will be problems with ice overnight and during Tuesday morning.

A band of rain will be moving northwards over N.Ireland, N.England into SW.Scotland well before dawn, turning wintry on any hills. As the forward edge of this rain comes up against the cold air over NE England and Central/southern Scotland it will turn to wet snow for a time with slushy deposits on the roads and windscreens around dawn, settling on higher parts of A1 and M8 and the southern Uplands. The band of rain and wet snow will push northwards, bringing snow north of the Central Belt through the morning rush hour. This snow will settle above 300m, with several cms expected. For the low level parts of the Central belt, SE Scotland, NE England and eastern Scotland there could be slushy deposits.

Do leave more time for your journeys in northern Britain Tuesday morning as these wintry conditions, even away from any settling snow, will be tricky with the ice and poor visibility.

The rain, sleet and snow mix then moves over northern Scotland mid-morning til lunchtime and fades

Much milder air will follow throughout the UK so this could save most of the UK from any more ice problems for Tuesday night