Siberia visits England as Icy winds and freezing cold grip the country

I once watched a movie 'Moscow on the Hudson' - and when I saw photos of icy winds and snow gripping the UK, it reminds of me Siberia as since childhood Siberia is synonymous to vast areas covered with thick sheet of snow and people seen shivering in cold.

Siberian Express? Well sort of - as UK is in grip of extreme cold and under heavy sheet of snow

as of today, large band of snow spreading northwards from south-east England up into northern England and Scotland and up to 20cms expected on higher ground while many areas will get 5cm in the next 24 hours.

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The freezing conditions mean that Britain's transport network is creaking again with roads closed after crashes or impassable because of ice. Many trains are being cancelled and airports are warning of severe disruption all day. This has shut M40 in Warwickshire while M1 is suffering long delays with many roads considered impassable.

The air traffic is also badly affected. Heathrow says 10% of flights, around 155, will be cancelled while most UK airports warning of disruption - and the Met Office warns freezing conditions likely to continue until Thursday making conditions 'treacherous.'

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Beware of One Foot of Snow this Weekend

The UK met department has warned of one foot of snow over the weekend, while the mercury is predicted to drop to -10C in some areras.

The accompanying cold will lead to sleet and snow storms across much of the country. Forecasters expect up to four inches of snow to fall in parts of Britain from today until Monday as temperatures in the countryside drop to a finger-numbing minus 8C (18F).

Monday has been marked out as a ‘snow day’ by forecasters, with most of the country carpeted in at least an inch. Higher ground across the Midlands, eastern England and Scotland could by then have received its third successive coating of four inches of snow.

keep yourself updated about developing weather conditions and do not plan journeys which invoilve areas that are likely to be receveing most of the snow.

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Photo: North News & Pictures Ltd
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South Pole comes to Britain

November 2011 was the warmest November the British came across in last three centuries. Then they had gales gushing at monstrous speeds of over 100 kmph that even pulled away the water of waterfalls up in the air. But that was not the end of the worst weather they had experienced so far. They did not know that they will also have colder winters - with temperatures even lower than the South Pole.

Snow coverd countryside in Wales [ Photo: Phll Rees ]

The coldest winters are around now with temperature forecast as low as -8c.

The McMurdo research facility in Antarctica is currently recording -6c (21f) at night. The bitter cold has forced some countries to deploy their armed forces and set up emergency accommodation.

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Hundreds of schools closed in Scotland as 100mph gales batter Britain

[ Mail Online ] 8 Dec

Hundreds of schools are closed in Scotland today as Britain is battered by winds of 113mph recorded at Cairngorm, Scotland, on top of a mountain

The coast at Saltcoats in Ayrshire - battered by seawater as the coast is hit by gusts of up to 90mph Thursday (Photo: HEMEDIA)

Snow is expected as far south as Birmingham as Arctic conditions sweep in across the country. London will experience gusts of up to 55mph, forecasters said.

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Britain braces for a White December after a Warm Noovember

[ Mail Online ] 5 Dec

Just days after the second-warmest November ever since 1910, the big freeze finally hit Britain today, carpeting much of the north in snow and ice, while temperatures plummet across the rest of the country. Forecasters have warned that four inches of snow will fall in the next 48 hours causing misery for motorists.

Snowy Northern England (Photo: North News & Pictures Ltd)

The meteorologists warn of a severely cold winter ahead, which may cloak London in a white sheet. The Met Office today issued severe weather warnings of snow and ice for most of Scotland, Northern Ireland, much of northern England and parts of the Midlands. 

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