Scotland braced for freezing weather

SCOTLAND is braced for freezing conditions and the prospect of 5-10cm of snow across higher ground this weekend.

As the cold snap continues to take hold, forecasters are warning that temperatures will hover around 0C (32F) for most of the day, before plunging as low as -7C (19.4F) in some places tonight.

Aisling Creevey, a forecaster with MeteoGroup, the weather division of the Press Association, said: “Today is going to be very cold, with temperatures of between 0C (32F) and 3C (37.4F) in most of the UK.

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“Tonight it will be bitterly cold, between -4C (24.8F) and -7C (19.4F).

“We’ll see a maximum temperature of 2C (35.6F) tomorrow, with penetrating ground frost overnight.”

An Atlantic front may move into Scotland from the west on Saturday, which could result in up to 10cm of snow.

Ms Creevey said there was little snow forecast today, apart from the chance of snow flurries on the North Sea coast and show showers in the same area tomorrow.

She added: “Friday is the day we are keeping an eye on. Eastern England could see snow showers, with a couple of centimetres of snow in Kent. But there is a lot of uncertainty at the moment.”

The below average temperatures are likely to remain for the rest of the week, and milder weather is not expected until Monday.

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