Met Office issues new ice weather warning covering 6 major cities

Many cities in Britain should prepare for more weather misery as the Met Office has issued a fresh yellow alert for ice.

The warning begins at at 5pm today and lasts until 12 noon on Wednesday.

The alert is spread across several counties and areas in the Midlands, northern England and Wales, and covers six major UK cities including York, Leeds, Sheffield, Manchester, Liverpool and Stoke-on-Trent.

The alert come hours after the forecaster issued warnings of snow and ice for several parts of the country.

A yellow warning was issued on Tuesday morning by the Met Office for areas such as Grampian, Strathclyde, Dumfries, Galloway, Lothian.

Met Office Chief Forecaster Jason Kelly said: “With cold weather persisting across the UK this week, we have a number of severe weather warnings for wintry hazards.

“Snow showers will continue to fall over Scotland, Northern Ireland and into Northern Wales and northern England too. Where surface water and snow freeze overnight there is a risk of ice as temperatures widely dip below freezing.

“There will however be good spells of sunshine for those away from northern coasts, though it’ll still feel cold in the northerly breeze.”

More than 100 flood warnings remain in effect in England, including one severe “danger to life” warning in Barrow upon Soar where caravan owners have reported “unprecedented” scenes.

Deputy Chief Forecaster, Chris Almond, said: “Thursday will see another cold night, with potentially the lowest temperatures of the Winter so far, -15°C or so is possible in locations with lying snow in Scotland or northern England.

“In the early hours of Friday, a front arriving from the west will encounter the cold air in place over the UK. This could bring further sleet or snowfall for some regions in the south and west, as well as a risk of ice for a time as it moves north-eastwards into central parts, but the extent of this is still uncertain.”

“By Sunday, milder air will have moved in across much of the UK, meaning rain is more likely than snow as we get to the end of the weekend.

“Northern Ireland and Western Scotland are most likely to see some showery outbreaks of rain and breezy conditions through Sunday, with conditions further south and east drier and more settled.”