Temperatures plunged to -6.6 °C last night in parts of Northern Ireland as Met Office issue another weather warning

The news comes as a Yellow Weather warning for Snow and Ice is in place from 6pm today to 11am tomorrow.

The Met Office say ‘clearing skies and scattered wintry showers bring icy patches and some disruption’ and the public should be prepared for ‘icy patches on some untreated roads, pavements and cycle paths’.

The news comes as meteorologist Alex Burkhill advised that ‘the wintry weather is going to continue’.

He added that ‘low pressure to the north of us’ will bring ‘a front with sleet, rain and snow which is crossing Northern Ireland at the moment

but also pushing into England and Wales with the wintry mix’.

He added that today (Tuesday) is ‘a cold day with temperatures well below where we normally are for this time of the year’.

‘Tonight is going to be another cold night but not as cold possibly as it has been’.

He added that Wednesday ‘will see a lot of dry sunny weather, a degree or so higher than today but with some gales in the north east (of tghe UK)’

He added that later this week the UK will see ‘a deep area of low pressure bringing further snow and gales’.

And according to Oliver Claydon from the Met Office ‘after a less cold day than recently, clearing skies and a scattering of wintry showers from this evening will once again bring an ice risk overnight, especially on untreated surfaces’.

‘Showers may give a fresh dusting so snow in a few places. Lows could reach -1C tonight,’ he added.

‘Temperatures will be less cold now through the week, though Friday night could see another frost.

‘A more notable change in temperatures and ice/snow risk will move in from the west on Sunday when mild air will move in from the Atlantic.

‘This will bring strong winds and heavy rain, with potentially a final spell of snow too so worth keeping an eye on the forecast for the end of the week’.

According to Met Office Northern Ireland today ‘will have be a mainly dry start to the morning, but soon turning cloudy with outbreaks of rain’.

There will be ‘some snow over the hills in the morning’ and ‘some thaw at low levels’ but ‘breezy’ with a ‘maximum temperature 5 °C’.

And tonight will see ‘cloud and rain soon clearing southeast to allow clearer spells for a time’ and see ‘some showers then spread in for mainly northern and eastern areas’ with ‘strong northwest winds’.

There will be a ‘minimum temperature -1 °C’.

Tomorrow (Wednesday) os forecast by the Met Office to be ‘dry with bright spells through the morning and much of the afternoon, then cloudy with some light rain in the evening’.

There will be ‘strong northwest winds at first, becoming light’ with a ‘maximum temperature 4 °C’.

The outlook for Thursday to Saturday is that it will ‘stay cold with some bright spells and a few showers from Thursday through to Saturday, showers perhaps more persistent and wintry for a time late Thursday into early Friday’.

And the long distance forecast for Sunday 11 Jan - Tuesday 20 Jan is: ‘A change in weather patterns is likely at the start of this period.

‘Milder air is expected to start to arrive from the west during Sunday as a band of rain arrives.

‘Depending on how quickly the band moves eastwards, this could lead to another spell of snow across northern and eastern areas.

‘A change to milder, albeit unsettled conditions, is then most likely into the following week, probably persisting for the remainder of the period.

‘All areas will see showers or longer spells of rain at times though still with some drier interludes.

‘Potentially windy at times too. Whilst this transition is most likely occur, very cold is expected to remain close to the east of the UK with a small chance of it returning’.

And the forecast from Tuesday 20 Jan - Tuesday 3 Feb is: ‘The outlook through the latter part of January and into the start of February is very uncertain, with no strong signal for any particular weather pattern to dominate.

‘However, a broadly westerly regime seems more likely than not.

‘As such, conditions are most likely to be changeable.

‘pells of wet, windy and mild weather are likely at times, along with some colder, drier interludes with overnight frost and fog.

‘There is a hint that this period may start off largely dry and cold though.

‘Snow and ice remain possible, especially in central and northern parts of the UK, but the chance of these is generally lower than earlier in January’.