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UK weather: Met Office warns of plunging temperatures and snow after bone-chilling -8C weekend
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THE Met Office has warned of plunging temperatures and snow after a bone-chilling -8.6C over the weekend.
It comes after the national weather agency addressed fears the Beast from the East could make a return amid snow and ice warnings.
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Cold health alerts issued by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) remain in place until 9am on Tuesday.
High pressure has rooted itself across Scandinavia and is continuing to feed a bitter easterly wind across the UK today.
It's coming in across the North Sea, filtering in moisture and cloud, meaning a cold, wet and gloomy start to the week.
Meteorologist Jonathan Vautrey said this will "fall over the hills as snow" in parts of the north and east, particularly the Pennines.
He continued: "Temperatures for most of us are really going to be struggling, around 6 to 6C.
"Once we add on the strength of that easterly wind it's going to be feeling even colder than that - close to freezing for the majority of us, so it really will be quite bitter out there."
He said the coldest temperatures will be felt in eastern coastal districts - while cloud and showers will continue into tonight.
The Met Office's five-day forecast says this evening's forecast sees "further outbreaks of rain, sleet and hill snow across central and eastern parts".
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Mr Vautrey added that there will be "patchy frost overnight" in parts of the UK, while tomorrow is expected to see "longer spells of rain in the south east".
He described Tuesday as a "grey, dull, gloomy day".
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Met Office meteorologist Marco Petagna said: "In the places with the clearest skies we could get down to minus 5C, minus 6C again tonight.
"But elsewhere any frosts could be quite patchy, because we've got the wind and the cloud around it's stopping the temperatures getting too low.
"Most places away from the north west of the UK just about escaping the frost by the looks of things."
In a post on X on Thursday, the Met Office said: "An easterly wind will develop over the coming days but it wont be as cold as the one in 2018 which brought the Beast from the East."
A forecast on its website last week said: "The area of high pressure is expected to be centred over Scandinavia throughout next week and toward the middle of the month.
"This pattern leads to a cold, east or southeasterly air-flow across the UK."
Temperatures fell to -8.6C in Altnaharra and Kinbrace, both in north Scotland, on Saturday night.
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The issued four yellow cold health alerts for the North East, North West, South East, and Yorkshire and The Humber.
This means these areas are likely to see an increased use of healthcare services by vulnerable people as well as a greater risk to life for these groups.
UK five-day weather forecast
Today:
Cloudy, with outbreaks of rain and drizzle. Some hill snow is possible, mainly in the north and east. Drier and brighter for parts of Northern Ireland and northwest Scotland, with some sunshine here. Feeling cold, with a brisk easterly wind.
Tonight:
Staying mostly cloudy overnight, with further outbreaks of rain, sleet and hill snow across central and eastern parts. Drier in the west, with a patchy frost under any clear skies.
Tuesday:
Tuesday will remain grey and cold, with some rain and hill snow in the north and east. A few sunny spells developing across northwest England and western Scotland. Breezy.
Outlook for Wednesday to Friday:
Often cloudy with some patchy rain and hill snow developing at times. An increasing risk of some heavier rain in the far west come Friday. A cold easterly breeze continuing.
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