A projected weather map shows a huge Arctic blast could bear down on millions of Brits in just two weeks time as more snow looks set to be on its way.
According to WXCharts, their weather map turns purple on Friday 24 January from 6am and more snow looks set to hit the Scottish Highlands before moving down to Edinburgh and Inverness. The projected map shows parts of Belfast potentially being hit with the arctic blast as the snow moves its way across the UK. It also shows parts of Dublin and Cork being affected by the blast.
Meanwhile, the following day, January 25, a several-hundred mile weather front will be looming to the west of Ireland, and looks likely to make landfall in the country, bringing with it as much as 5cm of snow per hour. The freezing weather looks set to continue after nine ultra rare ‘amber’ health alerts were issued across England yesterday as millions of Brits faced another night of bitterly cold temperatures.
According to the Met Office, on Friday the UK faced the coldest January temperatures in 15 years after they dropped to -18.7C in Altnaharra, in the far north of Scotland. Meanwhile, temperatures in England fell to -11C in Cumbira and -5 in Heathrow.
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A projected weather map shows more snow on the way on January 25
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The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has extended its rare amber alerts for all of England until Tuesday. The rare cold weather alerts mean a likely rise in deaths, particularly among those aged 65 and over or with health conditions.
Although yellow alerts are normally issued during periods of cold weather that could pose a risk to elderly people or those with underlying health conditions, an amber alert is issued when a wider impact is expected.
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According to the UKHSA, the weather health alerting system is intended to provide early warning to the health and social care sector, the responder community, the voluntary and community sector and government departments when adverse temperatures are likely to impact on the health and wellbeing of the population. The health alerting system is made up of the Heat-Health Alerts (HHA) and Cold-Health Alerts (CHA).
Although temperatures are expected to recover next week, they will drop below freezing in some eastern areas tonight, according to weather forecasters.
Met Office meteorologist Zoe Hutin said: “As we go into Sunday and into Monday, then we can start to expect temperatures to recover somewhat. I won’t rule out the risk of seeing something around or just below freezing again on Sunday night into Monday, but it won’t be quite so dramatic as the temperatures that we’re going to experience as we go overnight tonight.”