UK snow forecast: Yellow warning for treacherous ice - see list of locations

Yellow warnings for treacherous snow and ice have been issued for parts of the UK.

The Met Office has said wintry showers are expected to affect northern Scotland and parts of eastern England tonight and into Thursday.

The warnings start to come into affect from 6pm and will cover much of Thursday too. The further extreme weather comes as 30,000 households are still struggling without power after Storm Arwen.

There are fears icy surfaces could lead to injuries from slips and falls as icy patches are found on untreated roads, pavements and cycle paths.

Some roads and railways are also likely to be adversely affected by ice and perhaps snow, resulting in longer journey times for travellers and commuters alike.

A spokesman said: "These showers will fall as sleet and snow even to low levels at times, mainly away from immediate coasts, with some small accumulations likely.

"1-2 cm of snow may accumulate in parts of northern Scotland and the North York Moors with 2-5 cm across higher ground."

The outlook for Wednesday (Met Office)

The yellow warnings come hours after forecasters predicted four days of snow as the mercury plummets below freezing across the country.

Meteorologists say the snow could be seen as far south as Devon by Thursday.

The predictions come days after Storm Arwen wreaked havoc across the UK, leaving at least three Brits dead.

Arwen's icy gales damaged an estimated one million buildings and plunged tens of thousands of homes into darkness.

A man walks through the snow in Gunnerside, North Yorkshire (PA)

In temperature terms, the chill is expected to drop to lows of -9C in parts of northern Scotland during the early hours of tomorrow morning, Netweather predicts.

Some areas of the Highlands will be shivering in brutal -16C windchills, starting this evening and carrying on until Thursday, according to snow-forecast.com.

The Met Office ’s Stephen Dixon said the weather will be “turning colder” from Wednesday due to a northerly wind, adding: “Winds will be especially high in exposed coastal areas in the north and north east, with gusts in excess of 40mph expected.

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“The cool conditions will see some snow fall in the high ground of the far north, and generally as sleet or rain in low ground.

“That theme continues into Thursday, with a band of rain moving in from the west later in the day.”

Regions and local authorities affected

Central
Tayside & Fife

Angus Perth and Kinross

East Midlands
Lincolnshire

East of England
Norfolk

Suffolk

A Western Power Distribution maintenance helicopter flies over the snow-covered fields in Buxton (REUTERS)

South West England

Bath and North East Somerset

Bournemouth

Christchurch and Poole

Bristol

Devon

Dorset

Gloucestershire

North Somerset

Somerset South

Gloucestershire

Young Ivan is all smiles in the snow within the grounds of Townley Hall, Burnley, Lancashire (James Maloney/Lancs Live)

Wales

Blaenau

Gwent

Bridgend

Caerphilly

Cardiff

Carmarthenshire

Ceredigion

Conwy

Denbighshire

Flintshire

Gwynedd

Merthyr Tydfil

Monmouthshire

Neath

Port Talbot

Newport

Pembrokeshire

Powys

Rhondda Cynon Taf

Swansea

Torfaen

Vale of Glamorgan

A woman walks her dog in the snow in Laneshaw Bridge, near Colne, Lancashire. (Lancs Live)

West Midlands

Herefordshire

Grampian

Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Moray

Highlands & Eilean Siar

Highland

Darlington

Durham

Gateshead

Hartlepool

Middlesbrough

Newcastle upon Tyne

North Tyneside

Northumberland

Redcar and Cleveland

South Tyneside

Stockton-on-Tees

Sunderland

Orkney & Shetland
Orkney Islands

Shetland Islands

SW Scotland

Lothian Borders

Scottish Borders

Yorkshire & Humber
East Riding of Yorkshire

Kingston upon Hull

North East Lincolnshire

North Lincolnshire

North Yorkshire