WEEKS of snow and ice are on the way due to a rise in temperatures in the North Pole, the Met Office has warned.
The forecasting agency has recorded rises which usually trigger a phenomenon known as a polar vortex.
The event, known as a Sudden Stratospheric Warming (SSW), usually lasts for two weeks or longer and brings widespread snow.
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Computer simulations carried out by the Met Office are currently predicting heavy snow across the UK in late February as a direct result
The cold spell of weather is expected to hit at the end of the week.
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