Fresh snow warning for UK motorists

23 February 2010

Motorists across the country have been warned to check travel conditions over the coming days as the UK continues to freeze in the coldest winter for more than 30 years.

More snow is expected to fall on roads across the Midlands, North Wales and northern England over the next 24 hours as a warm front moving northwards from Cornwall brings with it the prospect of further wintry showers, according to MeteoGroup, the weather division of the Press Association.

Elsewhere, the South East is in for rain and possibly sleet while drivers in Scotland have been warned of more snow showers as the weather front moves further north.

Tom Tobler from MeteoGroup said: "It's going to be fairly cloudy and unsettled as the cold air gets pushed away.

"England and Wales will be unsettled with heavy rain and brisk winds, then we may see the cold starting to return later in the week."

Yesterday, roads were disrupted by accidents on major routes, train passengers had to cope with delays caused by a series of overruns of weekend engineering work, and some flights at Luton airport were disrupted.

MeteoGroup confirmed that the big freeze that has gripped the UK since December has produced the coldest winter since 1978/79, with provisional average winter temperatures of 2.4C (36.3F) in England.

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