The Met Office has issued a yellow ice warning amid fears of “accidents and injuries”.
The East Midlands, North East England, North West England and Yorkshire and Humber are set to be affected between 3-9am Thursday morning.
The forecaster has predicted wintery showers and temperatures close to freezing which could lead to icy surfaces.
The Met Office said: “Showers will continue at times through Wednesday and Wednesday night, these falling as sleet or hail at times, and perhaps temporarily as snow over hills.”
“Clear spells in between will allow temperatures to fall close to zero, with some untreated surfaces turning icy later tonight and at first on Thursday, especially over the Pennines and Peak District.”
This comes after the country experienced warm and sunny weather over the weekend, with temperatures exceeding those of Madrid, Spain on Saturday.
However, the UK is now in the grips of a cold snap with frost, wintry showers and plummeting temperatures set to affect much of the country.
Discussing mercury's fall over the coming days, Met Office meteorologist Tom Morgan said: “Despite the temperature on the thermometer reading seven, eight or nine degrees, it is below average for this time of year. When you factor in the wind chill which will be fairly brisk on the northern and eastern coast in particular it will feel more like three to five degrees.”
He added: "Temperatures may fall as low as -4C or -5C across parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland."
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The East Midlands, North East England, North West England and Yorkshire and Humber are set to be affected between 3-9am Thursday morning.
The forecaster has predicted wintery showers and temperatures close to freezing which could lead to icy surfaces.
The Met Office said: “Showers will continue at times through Wednesday and Wednesday night, these falling as sleet or hail at times, and perhaps temporarily as snow over hills.”
“Clear spells in between will allow temperatures to fall close to zero, with some untreated surfaces turning icy later tonight and at first on Thursday, especially over the Pennines and Peak District.”
This comes after the country experienced warm and sunny weather over the weekend, with temperatures exceeding those of Madrid, Spain on Saturday.
However, the UK is now in the grips of a cold snap with frost, wintry showers and plummeting temperatures set to affect much of the country.
Discussing mercury's fall over the coming days, Met Office meteorologist Tom Morgan said: “Despite the temperature on the thermometer reading seven, eight or nine degrees, it is below average for this time of year. When you factor in the wind chill which will be fairly brisk on the northern and eastern coast in particular it will feel more like three to five degrees.”
He added: "Temperatures may fall as low as -4C or -5C across parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland."
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