Level 3 - Cold Weather Warning
Read the Met Office weather alert here
There is a 90% probability of severe cold weather and icy conditions between 0900 on Monday 16 Jan and 0900 on Friday 20 Jan in parts of England. This weather could increase the health risks to vulnerable patients and disrupt the delivery of services. Please refer to the national Cold Weather Plan and your Trust's emergency plan for appropriate preventive action.
Please refer to the national Cold Weather Plan and your Trust's emergency plan for appropriate preventive action.
An update will be issued when the alert level changes in any region. Alerts are issued once a day by 0900 if required and are not subject to amendment in between standard issue times. Note that the details of the forecast weather are valid at the time of issue but may change over the period that an alert remains in force. These details will not be updated here unless the alert level also changes, the latest forecast details can be obtained at the following link: https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/forecast/#?tab=map
Regional Risk Assessments for occurrence of Cold Weather conditions between 09:00 Local Time on Monday and 09:00 Local Time on Friday.
The areas that are likely to be affected are:
North East England/NEE - Level 3 (Amber)
North West England/NWE - Level 3 (Amber)
Yorkshire and the Humber/YH - Level 3 (Amber)
West Midlands/WM - Level 3 (Amber)
East Midlands/EM - Level 3 (Amber)
East of England/EE - Level 3 (Amber)
Southeast England/SEE - Level 3 (Amber)
London/LON - Level 3 (Amber)
Southwest England/SWE - Level 3 (Amber)
It’s a cold start to the week, with overnight frosts and daytime temperatures in low single figures of Celsius. There’s chancse of wintry showers, along with icy patches. Perhaps turning a little less cold later in the week, but low confidence.
Cold air has spread south across much of the country overnight Sunday into Monday. These conditions persisting through the week across most areas, bringing widespread frost and with daytime temperatures struggling to recover above freezing. Brisk winds, along with spells of wintry showers are also possible, with icy conditions potentially developing. These mostly likely where the brisk north to northwesterly winds bring coastal showers inland. There is lower confidence in the longevity of the cold conditions across the southwest, with temperatures potentially recovering later in the week. Confidence is also low with the return of any milder conditions from the west into the weekend. This warning will be updated later this week as confidence increases in these details.