Skate Britain

Icy blast to plunge temp to lowest so far of winter at -16C | Fresh snow flurries cause disruption as warnings issued

- NADA FARHOUD

BRITAIN is braced for another icy blast, with temperatures set to plummet as low as -16C.

The Met Office said that new ice and snow warnings are likely to be issued as the week goes on.

Oli Claydon, of the Met Office, said the lowest temperatures will be in rural Scotland and rural northern England where there is lying snow, cloudless skies and very cold airflow.

A temperature of -16C would be the lowest recorded in January for 15 years, since -22.3C was logged in Alt-naharra, in the Scottish Highlands, on January 8, 2010.