UK Braces for Arctic Chill, Snow in Scotland

0:00On March 13, the United Kingdom is set for a chilly weekend as Arctic air moves in, bringing cold showers and icy patches nationwide. Scotland faces possible disruptive snow, while Northern England prepares for freezing temperatures well below normal. Friday evening looks cold with blustery winds and heavy showers in the northwest, where temperatures could drop four degrees below average. Overnight frost is likely, creating slippery conditions on roads and paths. Those warn of wintry weather in higher spots, like the Lake District, Penines, Yorkshire Dales, and North York Moors. Areas such as Yorkshire and the Humber may hit minus one degree Celsius, Northern Ireland minus two degrees, and parts of southern Scotland the same. Shower is linger into Saturday, but winds will ease and temperatures start to climb. This follows 70 mile per hour gales that hit Scotland, Northern England, the Midlands, Wales and Yorkshire, earlier in the week. The cold stems from a chill over North America that boosted the jet stream, pulling Arctic

1:03air across the Atlantic via low pressure near Iceland, such snaps are typical for March, and milder weather should return soon as we move past the worst of it.