Hundreds of schools closed in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland
As we have been reporting,
severe flooding and snow continue to disrupt air travel, while the
weather has also forced schools to close.According to Bradford City Council, 184 schools have shut in the area, with many more closures across Yorkshire.On Merseyside, five schools in the Wirral have closed, while Lancashire County Council has said more than 15 sites have shut for the day, including in Nelson, Burnley and Rossendale.A college in Oldham has also closed its doors.In the Midlands, Derbyshire County Council says a number of schools have closed, while in Buxton, three schools have shut due to overnight snowfall in the town.In Scotland, more than 30 schools in Aberdeenshire have closed, along with around 20 in the Highland region and a further nine in Moray.There are also eight school closures in Northern Ireland.
Extreme cold triggers weather warnings in Ireland
The Irish Meteorological Service, external has issued orange weather warnings for Carlow, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Longford, Meath, Offaly, Westmeath, Wicklow, Cavan, Monaghan, Munster, and Connacht.
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It’s due to concern about extreme cold, ice and snow causing dangerous travel conditions, disruption and delays, as well as animal welfare issues.
The warning is in place from 20:00 GMT today until 10:00 on Wednesday morning.
In Northern Ireland, there are yellow weather warnings for ice, snow and travel disruption in Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Tyrone, Derry.
These are valid from 15:00 today until midday on Wednesday.
Temperatures could drop to -20C this week
The coldest nights of winter are likely to come on Wednesday and Thursday with temperatures expected to drop as low as -20C.
Across most parts of the United Kingdom there will be a hard frost with minimum temperatures getting down between -3C and -10C.
Where there is still snow cover, it could be as cold as -14C to -16C, making Wednesday the coldest night of winter so far.
Thursday night will be colder still.
Over the Pennines and the snow fields of Scotland, we’re expecting minimum temperatures to be -16C to -20C.
The last time the UK recorded a temperature that low was on 11 Feb 2021 when the temperature at Braemar in Highland Scotland, fell to -23C.
Some areas of snow and ice will bring some disruption but overall the weather will turn a little quieter for the rest of the week.
