A yellow weather warning has been issued as freezing temperatures will spread across the country.
The Met Office has now predicted power cuts, travel delays, and “injuries” as temperatures plummet across the country.
The weather forecaster confirmed the warning will be in place for the full day on Tuesday, 15 January.
The Met Office said: “Possible travel delays on roads stranding some vehicles and passengers. “Power cuts may occur, with the potential to affect other services, such as mobile phone coverage.
“Possible delays or cancellations to rail and air travel.
“A chance of injuries from slips and falls on icy surfaces.
“Some rural communities could become cut off.”
It comes as cold Arctic air is set to bring snow, ice, and travel disruption to parts of the UK next week.
Met Office meteorologist Liam Eslick said that temperatures will be about 5C to 6C lower than usual for this time of year.
In Scotland a warning is in place in northern areas from midnight on Sunday until midnight on Monday.
The warning area will then spread across the whole of Scotland and into northern England on Tuesday.
A snow warning will be in place from midnight on Wednesday until midnight on Thursday across northern Ireland, northern and western Scotland, parts of northern England and Wales.
Mr Eslick said: “Especially towards the north where we do have these warnings we’re likely to see some some travel disruption.
“So we would recommend people stick to the main roads and avoid country lanes where possible.
“These are the places that aren’t going to see any gritting or any road clearances for the next couple of days.
“So we recommend people take their time, make sure they have time to do their cars in the mornings, and go steady.”
He said: “So essentially we’re looking at a strong northerly wind which is bringing in Arctic airmass which is cold, which is bringing in these wintry showers across windward parts.”
He said that “icy conditions” were expected, with maximum temperatures of 0C in parts of Scotland, and only 2C to 4C in southern parts of the UK.
