The Meteorological Service issued two yellow warnings for Friday: • An ice warning covers Northeast England, eastern Scotland and the Shetland Islands by 10am, with travel possible interruptions and slip and fall injuries • A snow and ice warning covers a small part of the south east of England until 10 a.m., including coastal areas of Suffolk. Essex, and the eastern part of Kent Two flood warnings and a flood warning have been issued by the Environment Agency: • Flooding is expected at Coalhouse Point on the River Thames in Essex • Flooding is ‘likely’ in areas between Putney Bridge and Teddington Weir in west London Overnight on Friday, temperatures were expected to reach just 2 degrees Celsius in London and Edinburgh, with the hottest temperature 6 degrees Celsius in Devon and Cornwall and the coldest at 1 degrees Celsius in Aberdeenshire and the North. Yorkshire. Friday and Saturday are likely to reach 7C (44.6F) or 8C (46.4F), rising to (48.2F) and 10C (50F) on Saturday. Meteorologist Matty Box said on Friday: “It will be concentrated and there will be snowfall. “It will be the eastern and northern regions of the United Kingdom that are most likely to see rain, sleet or snow.” Then the weather will improve over the weekend, with sunshine. “Thunderstorms will become less frequent, but there will still be chances of winter rains on the east coast and the North Sea coast, especially until Saturday. “There should also be enough sunshine.”
