Leicestershire is set to face bitter conditions today (Friday, January 10) with temperatures plummeting below freezing and warnings of persistent freezing fog. The Met Office says parts of the county will experience temperatures as low as -3C, but will feel like -5C due to freezing winds.
The cold weather comes as the UK recorded its coldest night of winter so far, with temperatures plunging to -14.5C in northern Scotland this morning. Forecasters say early patchy freezing fog will be slow to clear across the region today.
The Met Office warned that while largely fine conditions with sunny spells are expected, temperatures will struggle to rise above freezing for most of the day. Forecasters say that widespread frost is likely tonight, becoming “locally very severe where there is snow cover.”
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The highest temperature today is anticipated to reach a mere 2C at 2pm, after which it will gradually decline throughout the late afternoon and evening. According to the Met Office forecast, the temperature will register at -1C at 11am, briefly climb above freezing around noon, only to tumble down to minus 3C come 9pm.
Visibility could be significantly reduced for much of the day owing to the foggy conditions, with only light northerly breezes providing little relief. As night falls, temperatures might plummet to a feels-like temperature as low as -5C.
Met Office spokesman Oli Claydon told the PA news agency that milder weather is expected to arrive over the weekend. “This will spread from the north down to the south and it could be Monday or Tuesday before the south west starts to feel the milder temperatures,” he said.
Hour-by-hour Leicester forecast for Friday
11am: -1C (feels like -2C)
12pm: 0C (feels like -1C)
1pm: 1C (feels like 0C)
2pm: 2C (feels like 0C)
3pm: 1C (feels like 0C)
4pm: -1C (feels like -2C)
5pm: -2C (feels like -4C)
6pm: -2C (feels like -4C)
7pm: -2C (feels like -4C)
8pm: -2C (feels like -4C)
9pm: -3C (feels like -5C)
10pm: -3C (feels like -5C)
11pm: -2C (feels like -5C)
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