UK set for 'coldest week' of year with exact temperatures for each day announced

The UK faces its coldest week of the year THIS WEEK - as exact temperatures for each day are announced. The Met Office has warned snow and sleet could hit from today ahead of the coldest week yet - with weeks to go til Christmas.

The Met Office has issued a yellow warning for parts of northern England and southern Scotland on Monday and Tuesday. Met Office meteorologist Ellie Glaiyser said it may be 'quite a chilly start to the day' for many on Sunday.

She said: "It's this area of low pressure that moves in from the north west as we go through Sunday and into Monday that's still causing us quite a few headaches. It's that boundary of cold and warm air, that weather front, just bringing a risk of some sleet and snow that could be disruptive."

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Ms Glaiyser explained most of it would remain over "high ground" but warned some could still hit on lower levels. What we do know with confidence... is that as we go through Monday evening and into Tuesday that area of low pressure pushes away towards the East and towards the continent.

"Leaving us northerly winds across much of the UK into the middle of the week, so turning widely much colder than we've seen through the start of November." Ms Glaiyser said that temperatures are forecast to drop to zero "particularly in some rural spots",

She warned this could cause "quite a hard frost likely on Monday morning, and this could lead to some icy stretches". "We could perhaps see up to 20 centimetres of snow across the Pennines and at lower levels it will mostly be falling as rain," she said.

"Brighter spells across the very far south of England could see people enjoying a 'quite pleasant' 11 or 12C in areas where there is sunshine and light winds," she said. "But clouds, particularly across Northern Ireland, and northerly winds in Scotland mean afternoon temperatures are not set to reach much above 4-5C," she added.

She urged travellers to "take care during Monday morning's rush hour." The Met Office weather map shows 0C lows in Scotland on Monday, November 18, dropping to -1C at times in Glasgow and Edinburhg by Tuesday, November 19. Lows in England will be 1C on Tuesday, in the North Wwest of England, before 0C mercury on Wednesday, November 20, in Manchester.

There will be 0C lows again on Thursday, November 21, in Manchester, Lancashire and the North West, too. Friday looks comparitavely warmer, with 3C lows in Scotland and 2C in England, ahead of next week's arrival.