- Up to half an inch of snow could fall at Heathrow airport this weekend raising risk of fresh disruption
- Boy, 10, collapses and dies while building a snowman with friends in Castleford, West Yorkshire
- Temperatures down to -9C with 6cm of snow predicted for Friday
- 100 per cent probability of severe cold weather and icy conditions until Friday morning
By Tamara Cohen, Chris Brooke and Katie Silver
Last updated at 12:16 PM on 8th February 2012
Another arctic blast of snow could hit the UK in the coming days as the big freeze shows no sign of melting away.
Forecasters say there is the potential of up to 3-6cm of snow as a weather front moves in from the North West over the next three days.
Temperatures dropped to -9C in northern England overnight with the south set to freeze at -13C tonight.
A bicycle in London is covered in icicles shows England's freezing snap is still here. Last night temperatures in the capital reached as low as -9C
Severe 'yellow' weather warnings remain in place across the country
Today is expected to be dry and bright in most parts of England and Wales but temperatures are only expected to rise to around 3C.
The areas worst hit with snow are expected to be East Anglia and the Midlands with southern areas of England set to experience a light dusting. The north and west will be milder and could have rain.
The adverse weather conditions have seen the Met Office issue a level-three severe cold weather alert lasting until Friday.
Victoria Kettley, forecaster for MeteoGroup said there was still some uncertainly over exactly how much snow will fall.
She said: 'Scotland and Northern Ireland will see a front move in during today which could bring some snow in western Scotland - possibly a couple of centimetres on higher ground.
'It will push south east overnight and edge into Northumberland and Cumbria by tomorrow morning. There could be rain, sleet and snow on high ground as the leading edge of the front pushes through, as well as the risk of freezing rain.'
Ms Kettley predicted the weather system would continue to push southwards during tomorrow before finally reaching the South East on Friday.
'Some weather models are showing significant snow for the Midlands of up to 6cm on Friday, but it is uncertain if the precipitation the front is bringing will fall as rain, sleet, or snow,' she added.
However, as the front passes over the UK bringing the unsettled weather, temperatures are expected to show a slight increase.
Commuters to Leeds city centre along the Leeds-Liverpool canal in freezing cold Yorkshire this morning
County Durham Farmer, Maurice Scott walks across his frozen field Wednesday morning which is under a blanket of snow and frost after plunging overnight subzero temperatures
Winter chill: A spring lamb leaps ion the snow near Reeth, North Yorkshire, as the big freeze continues
A dog stands in snow in a Colchester park in Essex as freezing weather continues to blight much of the UK
It warns: 'There is a 100 per cent probability of severe cold weather and icy conditions until 10am on Friday in parts of England. This weather could increase the health risks to vulnerable patients.'
Meanwhile severe 'yellow' weather warnings, instructing the public to be aware of icy roads, remains in place in London and the South East, the East, the South West, the Midlands, Yorkshire and Humber and North East England.
Drivers have been reminded that roads will still pose a risk even if the temperatures begin to warm.
MeteoGroup forecaster Nick Prebble said: 'Road temperatures in winter can be a couple of degrees centigrade lower than the air temperature, so there's still a risk of ice on the roads over the weekend and potentially into next week.'
The thick blanket of snow that fell over parts of the UK at the weekend caused major travel disruption with a spike in road crashes and breakdowns.
A handful of schools were also forced to close due to the adverse weather conditions, while Heathrow Airport axed half of all flights on Sunday night.
It's an unpleasant trip to work along the Leeds-Liverpool canal this morning
MET three day weather forecast from Wednesday February 8
Cold: Race horses are exercised on the snowy gallops in Malton, North Yorkshire. Race meetings at Sedgefield and Market Rasen were been abandoned due to snow and ice on the courses
Chilly: A highway gritter travels along a snow-lined road near Reeth, North Yorkshire
The RAC said it had seen the busiest February weekend in its history, with 41 per cent more calls than usual.
Award-winning businesswoman Mandy Reed, 47, died Saturday night after apparently collapsing in the snow.
The managing director of a successful Yorkshire Dales cheesemaking firm returned alone from a family gathering by taxi. Her body was discovered in a garden close to her home in Scorton, near Richmond, North Yorkshire, the following afternoon.
Police are not treating the death of the mother of two as suspicious. Initial inquiries indicate she may have died after collapsing in sub-zero temperatures.
The area had several inches of snow on Saturday and temperatures overnight remained well below freezing.
Winter wonderland: Snow covered fields near Farndale, North Yorkshire, as Britain's big freeze shows little sign of relenting with sub-zero temperatures set to bring more misery to commuters
Mandy Reed collapsed and died in the snow near her home in Scorton, near Richmond, North Yorkhire at the weekend
It is the second death to hit the family after her husband David Reed died from a heart attack in 2005 at the age of 46. She leaves behind two children, Louise, 25, and Sam, 20.
Ten-year-old Joshua Houlgate died while playing in the snow.
He was building an 'igloo' with friends near his home in Castleford, West Yorkshire, on Sunday when he complained of feeling unwell and collapsed.
A friend's father dialled 999 and tried to revive him with chest compressions for half an hour. Joshua's mother Sara rushed to the scene and attempted mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, but their efforts were in vain.
Joshua's father Jeff said the boy had epilepsy when he was younger and doctors believe he may have had a fit. School friends built a snowman in honour of Joshua.
The body of a man in his 50s who is believed to have frozen to death was found in a park in Hull on Monday. The overnight temperature was minus 7c (19f).
Big cat in the big freeze: Lioness Tyra wasn't put off by the snow, at Woburn Safari Park, Bedfordshire. The eight year-old was soon jumping over snow-covered logs after finding her enclosure had been transformed by the cold snap
Chill: Jeff Harrods shovels snow from the footpaths in Hutton-Le-Hole, North Yorkshire
Walkers pause on a bridge to look at a frozen river at Kirkbymoorside, North Yorkshire, as Britain's big freeze shows little sign of relenting
Going through their paces: Race horses are exercised on the snowy gallops in Malton, North Yorkshire
Deep freeze: Jeff Harrods clears thick snow from a footpath in Hutton-Le-Hole, North Yorkshire, as Britain braces itself for more snow at the weekend
A zebra and a female blackbuck at Port Lympne, a wild animal park, in the show yesterday. The blackbuck is native to India
Plunging temperatures: A roan antelope, left and a male red lechwe, right, which is from Southern Africa, at The Aspinall Foundation's Port Lympne park, near Hythe, Kent, yesterday
In the air: A plane taxis along a runway at Heathrow in freezing fog over the weekend. With more snow potentially on the way, flights could be hit again at the weekend
More travel chaos ahead? York station is blanketed in snow on Sunday - but the railways were not affected. Forecasters are predicting more snow this weekend
Source : dailymail
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