UK weather: cold snap to bring end to unseasonal warm weather

Parts of Britain could experience a temperature drop of 10C as Met Office issues yellow alert for parts of Scotland

The unusually warm spell of weather, which included record temperatures over the new year, will come to an abrupt end overnight, plunging by up to 10C (a drop of 18F) across parts of the UK.

The forecast follows the hottest new year's weekend on record when 16.5C (61.7F) was reached at Bala, Gwynedd, on 31 December 2021 - a New Year's Eve record for the UK and Wales, when it is usually about 7C.