The Met Office warns that scattered snow showers and icy patches have the potential to cause disruption to travel
West Road in Denton Burn, Newcastle(Image: Iain Buist/Newcastle Chronicle)
The cold snap is set to continue for the next couple of days across the whole of the North East. A Yellow weather warning of snow and ice has been issued by the Met Office, which lasts until Tuesday morning.
The region was covered by a blanket of snow this weekend, and temperatures are set to hit as low as -3C in the coming days. Monday is set to be a bright and sunny day, but very cold. There’s a 50% chance of rain tomorrow morning as well, which won’t help the already treacherous conditions.
The Met Office warns that scattered snow showers and icy patches have the potential to cause disruption to travel in places on Monday into Tuesday morning. The weather service said: “Whilst not all areas will be affected, scattered snow showers will move inland from the North Sea during Monday, giving some small accumulations in places.
“Where snow showers are most frequent, this most likely across southeast Scotland, parts of North and East Yorkshire and Redcar and Cleveland, fresh accumulations of 5-8 cm will be possible in a few places. Lightning and gusty winds may be additional hazards, especially near windward coasts. Snow showers should become more isolated through Monday evening, but a risk of ice will persist through Monday night into Tuesday morning as temperatures fall below freezing.”
Later in the week, it will likely cloud over on Tuesday, with a mixture of rain and snow. Sunny spells could be developing on Wednesday, before further sleet and snow arrives overnight, clearing early Thursday, leaving sunny spells again.
The outlook for the rest of January is “very uncertain”, meaning that changeable conditions are most likely. This brings the potential for further spells of snow and ice, mixed with wet, windy and mild weather interspersed with colder and drier interludes that may bring overnight frost and fog.
The areas of the North East the Yellow weather warning covers include:
- Darlington
- Durham
- Gateshead
- Hartlepool
- Middlesbrough
- Newcastle
- North Tyneside
- Northumberland
- Redcar and Cleveland
- South Tyneside
- Stockton-on-Tees
- Sunderland