It's definitely time to check you've got a sledge at the ready
After a warm and wet Christmas, the weather is about to deliver a blast of snow and freezing low temperatures. While it’s too late to call it a white Christmas, it certainly looks set to be a snowy start to the year looking at the January forecast.
Following what was the warmest New Year's Day on record, temperatures are finally set to plummet across the country. Urgent yellow weather warnings across swathes of the UK from Friday morning with those who are using the roads told to approach cautiously. The Met Office has already said that it is ‘considerably colder’ this week and has tipped six hours of snowfall for some areas. Get exclusive celebrity stories and fabulous photoshoots straight to your inbox with OK!'s daily newsletter. You can sign up at the top of the page. A band of rain will move eastwards across the UK during Thursday, bringing with it wintry showers and slushy snow. During this six hour period into Friday morning, forecasters are concerned that travel will be impacted and the roads may be impacted. A Met Office spokesman said: "Some roads and railways likely to be affected with longer journey times by road, bus and train services."Forecasters also warned of some brief power outages being possible due to a risk from isolated lightning strikes. As the cold snap comes only a week after the warmest ever recorded New Year's Day, the dip is believed to possibly cause as meteorological phenomenon known as 'thundersnow.' Met Office spokesperson Grahame Madge explained that thundersnow happens when the snow is such a contrast in temperature to the ground around it. He said: "As conditions get cold tonight, we're seeing temperatures drop down to freezing quite widely. "[Warm air] starts to rise very quickly up through the cold air and that's what creates the potential for thunderstorms."
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