Reports claimed a 'Beast from the East' style weather event could 'cover the UK in snow'
The Met Office has quashed reports of another 'Beast from the East' hitting the UK in January after some meteorologists feared that a collapsing Polar vortex could trigger a major freeze.
Yellow weather warnings are currently in place across two areas of Scotland from 2pm today until 6am tomorrow . It comes after the national weather service issued a yellow warning for ice for Lancashire and Cumbria on Monday .Meteorologists are reported to be keeping a close eye on a pool of cold air spinning over the North Pole which has the potential to spark a Sudden Stratospheric Warming event, also known as an SSW.
She added: "We have a clear start for Monday, some frost in Scotland with temperatures as low as -8c but no snow. It's another fine and dry day for the South and East. For the rest of the week it really is all about the rain, we have system after system of rain across the country."Today: Strong winds and rain will clear to bring brighter weather briefly, although patchy rain will return by afternoon, with more widely wet and windy conditions by evening. Milder than Monday.
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