The Met Office warned travel disruption is possible with some roads and railways affected, and longer journey times by road, bus and train are likely.
It also warned of icy patches on roads, pavements and cycle paths, and said there is a small chance that power cuts will occur.
Mobile phone services may also be affected, and snow-covered roads may lead to stranded vehicles.
Meh. We live in the northern hemisphere. It gets cold in January. Every January.
Met Office forecaster Jonathan Vautrey said: ‘This weekend is all about a change in wind conditions…sweeping their way across all areas of the UK turning very cold for all of us by the time of the start of Monday.
‘On Saturday evening this cold front is going to continue to push its way southward. We could see some frost developing as well as some mist and freezing fog patches.
‘For the northern half of the UK, the showers in the far north of Scotland will start falling as snow.
‘We have an additional yellow wind warning for Shetland for Sunday. When you combine those strong winds with the snowfall that leads to the risk of drifting snow and some quite atrocious conditions.
‘So do take care because some disruption is possible.’
It’s January. It gets cold in January. Nothing to see here, move along.
Climate change has been linked to more frequent and damaging weather events, raising the risk of insurance claims and also of property being very difficult or expensive to insure.
Of course it is.
Global temperatures reached new highs in 2023, according to the Met Office, with the worldwide average climbing to a level unseen since records began in 1850.
1850? Practically yesterday. The mid Triassic says ‘hold my beer.’
“Climate change has been linked to more frequent and damaging weather events…”
No it hasn’t, this is an outright lie. Even the IPCC doesn’t try to claim that extreme weather events are getting either more frequent or more intense.
This is all about control, people having to be told what to do, either that or the compensaaaayshun culture, “Nobody told me”. There is a new, small church near where I live and there is a fairly steep slope leading up to it, there is also a notice board saying “This slope is unsuitable for people with pushchairs”. If they are that fucking stupid they shouldn’t be allowed to breed.
Mobile phone signals may be affected. Eh?
Eny fule do kno that Dem electro magnetic wiggleys can not get round the fog particles.
The linking of temperature rises to extreme weather events is called attribution science.
Mystic Meg was one of the early pioneers of this branch of eco-fuckwittery.
It was a balmy 70 degC in my sauna this early evening, while having a break sitting outside I was sipping my beer and watching Jupiter. When it got too cold I went inside, threw some water onto the rocks and sweated profusely. Rinse repeat a few times and I now feel like a newborn baby, no aches, no ailments. Some even say my risk of having a stroke tonight decreased by 70%.
Woodburning thingies are good for your health. Every Finn knows that.
I’ve got a wood fired hot-tub in the garden. Has a similar effect. Love it.
Ah yes; another of those “whatever the weather, it’s all the fault of climate change” articles. It’s always amusing when they, apparently with a straight face, blame cold weather on global warming.
As for climate change leading to more extreme weather, as far as I understand the “theory” (I’m not a climate scientist though), the warming mostly happens in the polar regions. This is because in the tropics, increased temperature at the sea surface tends to be regulated by the formation of clouds – warmer water, more evaporation, bigger/more frequent clouds obscuring the sun. At the poles, on the other hand, heat mostly arrives via wind and ocean currents, and is lost through the atmosphere. More carbon dioxide (and water vapour) reduces the loss.
So, per the climate change “theory”, more global warming should lead to smaller temperature differences – which should mean weaker weather fronts and LESS extreme weather. That wouldn’t fit the narrative though.
Does no one else remember the 1947 and 1963 winters ? Six weeks of continuous ice and snow, people in remote farmhouses having air dropped food supplies, and of course the storm surge of 1953 when the North Sea washed over large parts of East Anglia and the Netherlands drowning hundreds in the UK and several thousand in Holland . I suppose these don’t count as it was all before the Climate Cult was invented and it was just bad weather.
1850? What was happening in 1950? Wasn’t that the middle of the little ice age? I wonder why it’s got warmer since then.
And who was measuring the world’s temperature in 1850?
How do you measure the world’s temperature anyway?
You stick the thermometer in Hull….
It makes me laugh when the soaring temperatures in Summer are derived from those in London.
It’s because it’s one of the most densely populated cities on the planet, full of tarmac and glass, not to mention cars and airports.
Young people have been brainwashed into thinking that every severe weather event is a harbinger of an approaching apocalypse. Older people who have been seeing this stuff happen for their whole lives and are aware of some history know that nothing unusual is happening.
Meanwhile the BBC, after a 90mph gust of wind was recorded on the Isle of Wight, have reported 90mph winds sweeping across Britain. After having been taken to task for this blatant falsehood they came up with this gem.
“Nevertheless, we can assure you that we would never set out to exaggerate or sensationalise a story and we regret to learn of your disappointment with this piece.”
When it comes to reporting weather events the BBC exaggerates and sensationalises every single one. In many cases a complete non event being puffed up into something that we should be scared of. So that will be another lie then. We will see what they have to say about the approaching bout of normal January weather.
We can at least count on the electric buses to keep us warm…
“You stick the thermometer in Hull.” .
Don’t you have to remove the suppository first?
Just checking my own local forecast here… Last Monday, a high of 3C and a low of -5, tomorrow 2 and -2. Oh no, Across All Areas Of The UK Its Turning Very Cold For All Of Us By The Time Of The Start Of Monday! Are these people living in a parallel universe or something?
Actually February 1986 is the one that has disappeared completely. Remember it well. Month with a uk average below freezing but it was sunny and pretty well dry in most places, which enhanced the beauty of the frozen ponds and frost in my opinion.
1986 was also the year of the great storm.
’87. Acres of fallen trees and a very embarrassed Michael Fish. Oddly enough I’ve not noticed many trees across roads in the past three years we’ve been back this side of the pond. Odd branches yes, but nothing to match 1987.
Ah, yes, 87. I remember it as I was out with a pupil and decided it was too dangerous to continue the lesson. I’d forgotten that it was 87, not 86.
Who would have expected it to be cold in Canada at this time of year? Their electricity supply is knackered apparently.
https://nitter.poast.org/Josh_Young_1/status/1746353003240595805#m
The winter of 1962/63 (which I survived as a short-trousered schoolboy) was remarkable for three continuous months when the temperature never got above zero. Not vast quantities of snow, but any snow stayed forever on the ground just getting grubbier by the day, frozen lakes or ponds became permanent skating-rinks/playgrounds. School was never closed. We adapted, it’s what humans do if left to their own devices.
Fortunately we’ve had ‘global warming’ since then apparently.