Last month Cumbria County Council launched an interactive online map, updated each lunchtime to show which roads the council's fleet of gritters intend to treat that evening and overnight during periods of snow and frostyweather.
The BBC's weather presenter Carol Kirkwood said Friday would be cold, frosty and sunny with a few wintry flurries in Kent and the Thames Estuary, and temperatures no higher than 3C (37F).