Why is it so cold in the UK right now?
by Damian Carrington Environment editor from on (#66R97)
The Met Office has weather warnings in place and travel is disrupted, but how unusual is this for the time of year?
Cold air from the Arctic has been pushed over the UK. This has been caused by a high-pressure weather system over Greenland and Iceland moving eastwards towards another high-pressure system over Russia. The result is a cold air mass in between being squeezed southwards and over the UK. Weather warnings from the Met Office are currently in place for the northern UK until Thursday.
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