direct to your inbox The UK could be set for treacherous wintry conditions as a new Beast from the East makes its way towards Britain. A sub-zero Siberian weather front, similar to the one that led to the country being battered by heavy snow, ice and freezing temperatures two years ago, is forming once again.In February 2018, the UK was gripped by widespread disruption after an extraordinarily cold polar vortex swept in from Russia and collided with a storm.