The Met Office has said that its weather forecast for the next few days is "quite unsual". While Amber and Yellow weather warnings for ice and freezing weather are in place across the UK today, the big thaw will come with unusual speed.
Freezing rain and snow are expected to cause major disruption in many parts of the country today (Sunday, December 18). But within 24 hours, temperatures are expected to jump by 15 degrees.
The cold snap will be replaced with warmer weather due to milder air coming in from the Atlantic. And weather experts say the speed of this rapid change in the weather is "quite unusal"'
