London weather: Capital braces as Met Office forecasters issue fresh ice warning

Ice alert: Londoners can expect to wake up to a freezing Monday morning
Jeremy Selwyn
Sebastian Mann6 March 2016

Met Office forecasters today issued fresh weather alerts for London as they predicted unseasonably low temperatures would continue to chill the UK for another week.

Motorists have been warned roads may be icy as the mercury threatens to sink below freezing.

The conditions have prompted the Met Office to issue a yellow weather warning of ice that forecasters said was likely to remain in place into the Monday morning rush hour.

Hail and sleet fell in London on Sunday as parts of the UK were told more snow was expected to fall.

Met Office forecaster Charlie Powell said of Monday: "Hopefully we will see an even sunnier day still with one or two showers around but on balance probably fewer showers than we have seen today. Tomorrow will be a slightly better day but still feeling cold and wintry."

It is expected to be the end of the week before temperatures start to rise to an average level for this time of year, with 13C forecast in London and the South East.

By this time next week we should be looking at things a bit more seasonal for mid-March," Mr Powell said.

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