FORECASTERS have issued urgent yellow weather warnings as Brits prepare for more freezing fog and travel chaos before temperatures plummet.

       Experts are predicting an Arctic blast to bring a flurry of snow towards the end of the week, as the whole country prepares for two days of extremely low visibility.

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       Fog warnings have been issued ahead of the icy, arctic blast that's predicted to hit the UK in a matter of days Credit: LNP 4

       Forecasters say it will only get colder Credit: Rick Findler / Story Picture Agency 4

       Experts are urging drivers to take care on the roads as England will be hit with freezing fog this week Credit: Splash

       The Met Office has issued the yellow weather warning for fog covering vast swathes of England, warning of two days of severe travel disruption from 7pm on Monday, through to midday on Tuesday, January 18.

       Motorists are being warned of hazardous driving conditions, with commuters expecting delays to bus and train services, and a chance of cancellations to flights at airports around England.

       The dangerous weather warning has been issued across most of England, from York to Birmingham, reaching as far south as Dover and Exeter.

       The Met Office spokesperson said: "Areas of fog, some of it dense and freezing, will develop during Monday evening and overnight, persisting into Tuesday morning in places.

       "Visibility may dip below 100 metres in some locations. Fog will tend to lift into low cloud in many areas on Tuesday, though a few spots may stay foggy into the afternoon."

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       The forecast comes ahead of the arctic blast that is predicted to force snow south from the Scottish Highlands as forecasters warn the coldest days are right around the corner.

       Meteorologist Jim Dale told The Express: "Winter is not over."

       "As we get towards the end of the month - the coldest on average parts of the year - what we're seeing is the high pressure pulling away south and west, allowing a north-easterly air stream to come in," he said.

       "That may well start to bring some snow events towards the latter stages of the month - so that last week of January."

       WX Charts predicts snow will fall in Scotland on Friday, January 28 before moving south, hitting Newcastle by 6pm, and the following day, wintry showers are expected to graze East Anglia early in the morning.

       Swathes of the country between Aberdeen and Hampshire - including the capital - will then see snow on Sunday, January 30, it's predicted.

       The Met Office’s long range forecast for the end of the month into February states: “This period is likely to see a gradual transition to more unsettled conditions.

       “Heaviest precipitation is likely to occur across the northwest, particularly later in the period, whilst drier than average conditions are more likely to prevail in the southeast, particularly earlier in the period.

       “Spells of strong winds are likely, mainly in the north.

       “Temperatures likely to be slightly above average overall. Some colder interludes are still expected though, bringing a risk of occasional snow, most likely over northern hills.”

       Coral makes this January odds on, at 4-5, to be the UK’s coldest since records began.

       They go even shorter odds for snow to fall in London in January, pricing that at just 1-2.

       “January is proving to be bitterly cold now as we head towards the second half of the month and temperatures are going to drop so low that we now make it odds on for the UK’s coldest first month of the year to be recorded,” said Coral’s Harry Aitkenhead.

       “We didn’t get the White Christmas that Londoners dreamed of but we think snow is on the way at last and it is very short odds indeed for the white stuff to fall this month,” added Aitkenhead.

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       Today's view of Tower Bridge in central London, completely covered in morning mist Credit: LNP

       UK weather forecast Monday 17 January - frost and fog with snow on its way in two weeks’ time