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| Frost and snow expected in UK as wintry conditions set in | |
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| Frosty scenes are expected across Britain as freezing temperatures and wintry conditions continue to grip the country. | Frosty scenes are expected across Britain as freezing temperatures and wintry conditions continue to grip the country. |
| Temperatures plummeted well below zero in much of Scotland and Wales on Sunday night, while a chilly -4.7C (24F) was recorded in Katesbridge in County Down, the Met Office said. | Temperatures plummeted well below zero in much of Scotland and Wales on Sunday night, while a chilly -4.7C (24F) was recorded in Katesbridge in County Down, the Met Office said. |
| Commuters faced delays after a train struck a tree that had fallen in high winds at Beechbrook Farm near Ashford, Kent, at about 6am on Monday. | Commuters faced delays after a train struck a tree that had fallen in high winds at Beechbrook Farm near Ashford, Kent, at about 6am on Monday. |
| The train was not damaged and there were no reported injuries but the line was closed for about 50 minutes as engineers removed the tree from the track and cleared debris, Network Rail said. | The train was not damaged and there were no reported injuries but the line was closed for about 50 minutes as engineers removed the tree from the track and cleared debris, Network Rail said. |
| Bright weather and temperatures between 5C and 8C are forecast for much of the country on Monday, but colder weather will move in overnight causing frost and snow in parts of the country. | Bright weather and temperatures between 5C and 8C are forecast for much of the country on Monday, but colder weather will move in overnight causing frost and snow in parts of the country. |
| Emma Sharples, a forecaster for the Met Office, said Britain would wake up to frost on Tuesday while Scotland in particular would see the first “fairly significant snow” of winter. | Emma Sharples, a forecaster for the Met Office, said Britain would wake up to frost on Tuesday while Scotland in particular would see the first “fairly significant snow” of winter. |
| “A lot of places will go below freezing, even towns and cities will probably be just about hovering between 0C and 1C,” she said. | “A lot of places will go below freezing, even towns and cities will probably be just about hovering between 0C and 1C,” she said. |
| Going into Wednesday, parts of the north-east and Yorkshire may also see snow as a band of rain collides with the cold air, she said. | Going into Wednesday, parts of the north-east and Yorkshire may also see snow as a band of rain collides with the cold air, she said. |
| But the freezing weather is not expected to last, with wet and windy weather forecast for Friday and Saturday and temperatures between 10C and 14C. | But the freezing weather is not expected to last, with wet and windy weather forecast for Friday and Saturday and temperatures between 10C and 14C. |
| “We will see a slight change as we go towards the end of the week,” said Sharples. “Less cold than it is at the moment, but probably still a little bit below average for the time of the year.” | “We will see a slight change as we go towards the end of the week,” said Sharples. “Less cold than it is at the moment, but probably still a little bit below average for the time of the year.” |