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It looks like settling down this week, but there will still be some rain in the North and West.For the moment, it will be mainly dry this evening, but northwest Scotland can expect a little rain at times.Scotland will see occasional light rain spreading to most parts overnight, while Ireland, Northern Ireland and northwest England may see the odd drizzly outbreak.The bulk of England and Wales will be dry, with lengthy clear spells in the South and East bringing a patchy frost and fog in places. Tuesday morning will bring rain to much of Scotland, Northern Ireland and Ireland, but it will be quite light and patchy for most, heaviest and most persistent over western hills. Northwestern parts of England and Wales will be quite cloudy with a little drizzle too, but most of southern Britain will be dry with some good sunny spells.It will be mild everywhere.The afternoon will see rain spreading into northern England as Scotland and Northern Ireland brighten up. Shetland can expect a … [Read more...] about UK weather: The latest Sky News forecast

(CNN)The bitter cold in Chicago has kept hospitals busy, with doctors at one facility during the brunt of an Arctic freeze treating 50 frostbite victims, including some people who may lose an arm or a leg. "It's a horrific situation," says Dr. Stathis Poulakidas, the head of burn and wound care services at Cook County Health. Poulakidas works at John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital, a level 1 trauma center, that in a really bad year will see 150 cases of frostbite for the season. He said based on what he has seen thus far, this could be one of those years. Half of the patients that came in over the past few days are homeless, while others had jobs that kept them out. Poulakidas said they've seen "horrific injuries to feet and hands," some so severe that some victims may lose limbs. Read More Frostbite in these extreme conditions can set in as quickly as three to 10 minutes, depending on age or exposure or other factors, such as wet gloves and socks, or even alcohol consumption, he said. … [Read more...] about Extreme cold in Chicago may cause some frostbite victims to lose limbs

(CNN)An arctic blast that left 16 people dead in the Midwest will ease over the weekend, replaced by erratic temperatures that will melt away snow and ice, and cause more problems. This week's deep freeze grounded thousands of flights and dozens of trains in the region. Officials in some of the hardest-hit cities such as Minneapolis, Detroit and Chicago, implored residents to stay indoors to prevent frostbite and keep motorists off icy roads. It was 9 below in Detroit. Michigan asked folks to lower their heat. They did. With the biting cold moving out, temperatures will be all over the place in the next few days, a rapid change that will cause thermal whiplash for people living in affected areas. "Get ready for some serious ups and downs in the world of temperatures. The Twin Cities will go from around negative 25 this morning to around 45 above on Sunday back to around negative 10 by next Wednesday night," the National Weather Service tweeted Thursday, referring to … [Read more...] about The icy grip on the Midwest is easing. Now comes the thermal whiplash

(CNN)US cities as cold as the Arctic. An Australian inferno. The UK covered in snow. It's only one month into 2019 and meteorologists are already talking in superlatives as extreme weather patterns have brought cities and towns across the globe to a standstill. In the United States this week, some 200 million Americans experienced a historic deep freeze that saw temperatures plummet below -32 degrees Celsius (-26 Fahrenheit), killed at least 16 people and led to the cancellation of more than 2,300 flights. On Thursday, temperatures in 11 states in the continental US saw temperatures lower than the one recorded in Utqiagvik, Alaska's northernmost city, situated north of the Arctic Circle. Ice covers the Lake Michigan shoreline on January 30 in Chicago as the city copes with record-setting low temperatures. Authorities in some of the hardest-hit cities such as Minneapolis and Chicago implored residents to stay indoors to prevent frostbite -- in one Chicago hospital, doctors … [Read more...] about Extreme weather shatters records around the world

(CNN)The brutally cold weather that's killed 12 people and trapped millions in a historic deep freeze will finally let up by week's end. The extreme cold was still evident Thursday as frigid air and dangerous wind chills stretched from the Upper Midwest all the way to Maine, CNN meteorologist Dave Hennen said. At the cold's peak Thursday morning, about 7 a.m. ET, more than 216 million people saw temperatures below freezing, including 84 million who dealt with subzero temperatures, Hennen said. By the afternoon, about 30 million people were still under wind chill warnings and advisories -- down from a peak of 140 million in the morning. 'If there's global warming, why is it so cold?' Here's why But the misery will slowly melt away Friday, with a warming trend that could give many Americans thermal whiplash. Read More "Today is the last of the extreme cold air," Hennen said Thursday. "Temperatures will rebound quickly over much of the area that saw the extreme cold, … [Read more...] about Extreme cold in Midwest will finally begin to ease grasp