Yellow warnings for snow and ice have been issued
Forecasters have predicted a cold weekend with snow showers affecting the East Yorkshire coast today (Saturday, January 3). Yellow weather warnings are in place for the day, for snow and ice, and again on Monday.
The Met Office has said it will be “cold for all” for the whole of the weekend, particularly in areas exposed to the brisk northerly wind. While the snow showers will be gradually easing from eastern England tonight, forecasters have said it will be “very cold inland with a widespread hard frost”.
On Sunday, snow showers will continue to affect coastal regions, the Met Office said. Where it is dry and sunny, it will still feel bitterly cold in the wind.
In the Hull area, the next three days are down to be cold with highs of only 2C during the day and temperatures falling away to -3C at night. Things will begin to warm up only marginally towards the end of next week, with daytime highs around 4C or 5C.
With a 70 per cent chance of snow showers today, the prospect of wintry showers on Sunday lessens, with a sunny prediction, but then increases again for the rest of the week to a 30 or 40 per cent chance of there being some snow.
A cold health amber alert is in place for the whole of the Yorkshire and Humber region, and is currently down to last until 10am on Friday, January 9. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) issues these weather health alerts.
For this amber alert to be in place, the UKHSA has said that the forecast weather is likely to cause significant impacts across health and social care services, including:
- A rise in deaths, particularly among those aged 65 and over or with health conditions. We may also see impacts on younger age groups
- A likely increase in demand for health services
- Temperatures inside places like hospitals, care homes, and clinics dropping below the levels recommended for assessing health risks
- Challenges keeping indoor temperatures at the recommended 18°C leading to more risk to vulnerable people
- Staffing issues due to external factors (such as travel delays)
- Other sectors starting to observe impacts (such as transport and energy)