Frost brings the season's first cold health alerts to parts of England
The UK Health Security Agency has issued the season's first yellow cold health alerts for the West Midlands and the north-west of England, according to the Guardian. The alerts, which the agency issues to warn of the health risks of cold weather, were in place until midday on Saturday, 14 November.
The cold followed a night of hard frost. Overnight on Friday, temperatures fell to -6.6C at Sennybridge, near Bannau Brycheiniog in south Wales, and to -6.5C at Shap, near Penrith in Cumbria.
On Saturday morning, the Met Office, the UK's national weather service, expected temperatures of 5C in Norwich and Manchester and 11C in Plymouth. After the frost, it forecast a fine day with some sunshine for most of the country.
That picture was expected to change through the day. Torrential rain and showers were forecast to move in from the west, bringing patchy rain and strong winds to the north and far west. Snow was possible in north-west Scotland. Eastern England was forecast to have drier spells on Saturday evening, with clear skies and some frost, while elsewhere was expected to be cloudy with passing showers.
Sunday brought a milder start. Morning temperatures were expected to stay above freezing across the UK. The Met Office forecast sunshine in the east early in the day and later in the far north and west. Cloud, wind and heavy rain were expected elsewhere, with the possibility of snow on hills in Scotland and northern England.
