Hundreds of schools across northern Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales, and northern England remained closed on Tuesday as snow and ice warnings persist. The Met Office has extended a yellow ice warning across most of England, Wales, and southern Scotland until Wednesday morning, with a separate yellow snow and ice warning for northern Scotland until midnight Wednesday, where up to 20cm of fresh snow is expected.
The UK experienced its coldest night of the year, with -12.5°C recorded in Marham, Norfolk, and -11.2°C in Dalwhinnie, Scottish Highlands. An amber snow warning remains in place for parts of north-east and northern Scotland from 11am to 7pm Tuesday, forecasting 5-10cm of snow widely, and up to 15cm in some areas.
Storm Goretti, the first named storm of the year, is expected to arrive on Thursday, bringing further disruption. The Met Office has issued snow warnings for large parts of England and Wales from 6pm Thursday as a deep low-pressure system moves across the south, bringing rain, snow, and strong winds.
Schools in Shetland, Orkney, and Aberdeenshire remained shut after an extra holiday due to weather. Closures also affected Wales, Northern Ireland, Staffordshire, and North Yorkshire. Snowy conditions disrupted road, air, and rail travel, with some train lines still closed after heavy snow drifted onto tracks on Monday. In Aberdeen, industrial diggers were deployed to clear main roads.
National Rail warned of disruptions in northern Scotland until Tuesday evening, though ScotRail said services between Aberdeen and Dundee would run in the morning. The amber warning area includes parts of Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Moray, Highland, Angus, and Perth and Kinross, where heavy snow is expected to clear to wintry showers by Tuesday night.
