THE latest forecast by the UK's Met Office is warning of the strong possibility of snow showers will that could have an impact to travel within Scotland, Northern Ireland, and along the East Coastline of England, for- Monday, 6 March 2023.

This forecast is based on the recent high-pressure system being predicted to be moving away to the West at the start of next week, resulting in a possible Polar Vortex,. Should Polar Vortex happen, it could allow a Northerly airflow to sweep in, across the UK, which would introduce an arctic maritime airmass, and with it snow showers to those parts of the UK. As a result, a:- 'Yellow Weather Warning' was issued today by the UK's Met Office, for:- Scotland, Northern Ireland, and along the East Coastline of England, from:-  00:00 to 23:59 GMT.

Should this happen, the snow showers will predominantly impact Northern and Eastern areas; however, it will be cold across the UK, with widespread freezing conditions for most of the UK, overnight. Also, these wintry conditions will likely persist through much of next week,

On Merseyside, the temperature overnight is predicted to drop to:- 0°C or below. This will also lead to hazardous driving conditions and a risk of some travel disruption.

You can get all the latest Weather Warnings for England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland, on the UK's Met Office website, by using this link.

With the rise in the cost of living, this could weather might be challenging for many who are vunrable. It is woth addig that their will be a network of Warm Spaces across Sefton and in other parts of the Liverpool City Region. Warm Spaces are places where people can gather for free in a warm, safe, welcoming place and maybe enjoy a hot drink and some company and are run by voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations. The network of Warm Spaces across Sefton can be found online at:- SeftonCVS.Org.UK You can find warm spaces and community support groups, that have been established thoughout the UK, including other groups within the Liverpool City Region on:- WarmSpaces.Org.

The Sefton Warm Spaces network, that is being run by Sefton Council for Voluntary Service (CVS) alongside and in partnership with Sefton Council can be seen on the map below:-



FUN FACT... Throughout the month of March, the weather in Liverpool is usually quite mild. The average temperature is:- 7.2°C, but did you know that since records began, the lowest temperature for Merseyside, in March was recorded at:- −7.2°C, on:- 2 March 1965?