London weather: Yellow weather warning issued as strong winds and freezing temperatures to hit capital

Londoners are set to experience a wintry blast following Storm Arwen, which wreaked havoc on power supplies and left homes in darkness.

According to the Met Office, a yellow weather warning has been issued for London and the South East of England, as “strong winds are expected to affect much of the UK on Tuesday, with potential travel disruption in places.”

The Met Office has warned residents to expect:

• Some delays to road, rail, air and ferry transport are likely
• Probably some bus and train services affected, with some journeys taking longer
• Delays for high-sided vehicles on exposed routes and bridges likely
• Some short term loss of power and other services is possible
• It’s likely that some coastal routes, sea fronts and coastal communities will be affected by spray and/or large waves

READ MORE: Exact day when snow will return to capital predicted

Snow is also likely to fall in other areas as temperatures hit freezing and gales sweep across northern and Scottish regions for over a week.

4,700 homes are still without power since November 26 and work is still underway to restore it.

Forecasters predict that snow will fall in the Cairngorms and Northern Pennines.

From Tuesday December 7, the UK is set to see wind, rain, and snow – with more strong winds continuing into Wednesday December 8.

Speaking to The Mirror , Simon Partridge, a meteorologist at the Met Office, said: “In terms of the process of reconnecting power supplies and getting to remote areas, it’s not helpful – probably tomorrow being the best day and probably the first half of Tuesday as well, some decent conditions.

“Other than that, a fair bit of rain, some hill snow, and some reasonably strong winds – certainly aiding to slow down the process of reconnecting supplies and getting to the more remote locations to clear trees and so forth.

“It’s certainly not ideal, and the higher locations certainly will be seeing some more snow in the coming days.”

A yellow weather warning has also been issued in parts of the North East of England and a yellow warning for snow for parts of the South East of Scotland.

In London, Accuweather predicted that London flakes could fall in the coming weeks with a snow day on December 16, but now that appears to have changed.

The next chance of snow appears to not be in December but forecasts are subject to change.

Now the weather forecaster predicts that the soonest snow day we’ll have in the capital will be in the new year on January 13.

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Snow at the beginning of the year isn’t unusual as Londoners saw snowfall in February this year.

With Christmas around the corner, we can still dream of a white Christmas as with British weather, it’s always unpredictable.

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