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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Ellen Kirwin

Met Office warning as freezing temperatures and snow predicted

Forecasters have warned that colder temperatures are on the way and could bring snow.

The whole country is set to see a temperature drop thanks to a northerly airmass that will likely mean snow will fall next week. In a joint nationwide alert, the Met Office and The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) have put a cold weather alert in place for three days, from 1am on Monday, March 6, to midnight on Wednesday, March 8.

The Met Office has reported that this alert is likely to increase to a severe weather warning and that it could be reviewed and extended in the coming days. Deputy chief meteorologist, Chris Almond, said: "Although we’ve moved into meteorological Spring there will be a distinctly wintry feel to our weather next week.

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