{"id":26830,"date":"2023-11-23T15:10:17","date_gmt":"2023-11-23T15:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/belalcazar.org\/?p=26830"},"modified":"2023-11-23T15:10:17","modified_gmt":"2023-11-23T15:10:17","slug":"uk-braced-for-polar-blast-as-maps-show-sub-zero-temperatures-across-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/belalcazar.org\/world-news\/uk-braced-for-polar-blast-as-maps-show-sub-zero-temperatures-across-country\/","title":{"rendered":"UK braced for polar blast as maps show sub zero temperatures across country"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Britons have been warned to wrap up warm as freezing temperatures are expected as an Arctic freeze sweeps across the nation.<\/p>\n

Scotland may even see snow and sleet fall among the higher areas this coming weekend, while sub-zero temperatures are expected to cover the rest of the country.<\/p>\n

Friday night will see the mercury plummeting to -4C in Wales and -5C in the rural South West, metereologists say.<\/p>\n

However, Met Office meteorologist Aidan McGivern says snow becomes increasingly more unlikely the further south of Scotland you live, with “dry and bright” conditions for the “vast majority”.<\/p>\n

It will, however, fall in Scotland on peaks higher than 400 metres, the weather agency reports.<\/p>\n

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For most of the day on Saturday, temperatures are expected to remain below double digits.<\/p>\n

Met Office meteorologist Aidan McGivern said: “By the end of the week we are going to see cold winds arrive from the north.<\/p>\n

“It’s going to feel colder this week and there will be some snow showers over, mainly, hills of northern Scotland.<\/p>\n

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“But elsewhere, with high pressure in place, it is going to be mostly dry on Friday and into the start of the weekend.”<\/p>\n

He said Friday would be a “chillier” day, with the wind bringing showers to northern Scotland and parts of North Wales.<\/p>\n

Sky News weather producer Chris England said the Arctic air will spread to most of Britain over the next couple of days, “bringing very strong winds and a scattering of hail and snow showers to the north and east”.<\/p>\n

A Met Office spokesman said the cold and variable weather is to be expected at this time of year, with the weather only needing “a quick change from a southern wind into a north wind” to see further frosts.<\/p>\n

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