Yahoo News UK faces -5C Arctic snow on Monday with six major cities 'hammered'
UK snow maps show six cities could be hammered by a -5C Arctic blast. Fresh weather maps and charts as we head towards next week show a string of major cities - including Birmingham - in the face of an onslaught from -5C temperatures and snow.
Manchester, Birmingham, Belfast, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Inverness are all at risk. Manchester and Birmingham are expected to see snow on Monday (November 18) and the white stuff could hammer Belfast in Northern Ireland, too.
Flurries are also expected up in Scotland at Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Inverness on the same day. Birmingham and Manchester could face 2cm an hour of the white stuff, as flurries accumulate with the Met Office issuing yellow weather warnings.
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By Sunday, even colder air from the Arctic arrives across northern Scotland, and we’ll see the start of some unsettled weather for all parts as an area of low pressure arrives from the Atlantic. A Yellow National Severe Weather Warning for snow and ice has been issued for the north of Scotland and the Northern Isles from Sunday afternoon to Monday morning.
As a low pressure system moves south-eastwards early next week, a separate warning area for snow and ice comes into force on Monday morning lasting into Tuesday morning for much of northern England and southern Scotland.
Age Scotland’s Chief Executive, Katherine Crawford said: “As we get older it can take us longer to warm up, and colder temperatures can exacerbate respiratory problems, heart disease and other health conditions. There is also a concern for older people who have difficulty heating their homes to a comfortable level because of the bigger energy bills we are facing. There is concern too for those with restricted mobility, who may find it harder to get out and about while travel disruption prevents people from being able to get from one place to another safely."
