Is the car going to ice up tonight?

[Schooldinner1]

This may sound like a silly question but wondered if anyone knew how likely it is to ice up overnight?

It’s currently -3 and it’s not frozen at the moment so wasn’t sure!!

Reckon so. Ours did at -2 last night.

Yes. I defrosted my car this morning and had to do it again as I left work. It's 0/-1 here

Yup

Not where i am I don’t think. It’s still 3 degrees outside

If the sky is clear with no cloud cover then 100%.

It's all ready -2 here and id guess similar elsewhere so although there is cloud coverage, as it's so cold also 100%.

Yes here. It was 0 as I got in the car after work at 4pm, so def going to freeze.

We're in S Yorkshire and frozen this morning- has already frozen tonight and its -1c at the moment. Had a lovely (but cold) sunny clear day and the same forecast for tomorrow.

Yes

Mine was icy last night 🥶

If it’s -3 it is already frozen…there’s just no water on the screen to make the ice. By morning there will be.

Yes 100%

I didn't leave the house till just after noon today, still had to clear ice even by then.

That’s not a lovely day. That’s a horrible, cold (but pointlessly sunny) day. Hate it. Hate the cold. Hate winter.

My husband went to put the cover on the windscreen at 8pm and it was already freezing over.

mine Was frozen this morning and I’ve just had to defrost it tonight to go and pick ds up from work at 9pm

Yes absolutely, we need to be ready 15 mins earlier to allow for car deicing

I too much prefer a Spring day- clear sunny and 16c+- preferably 18c- we have had weeks of grey- constant rain/drizzle - one day last week I had all the lights on til 11 am and had to put them on at 2pm. So for me today was a vast improvement!
It's a bloody grind every Dec to March in my head and gets worse the older I get. Don't find December too bad as I have Christmas coming up. I swear I'm booking to go somewhere sunny in January/Feb one year when I have the leave and can afford it!

Sounds lovely to me. Love a bit of cold but with glorious blue sky. I was in London today in a bit I haven't been to for ages. Golden leaves still on the trees, lovely low winter sun bouncing off them from a blue sky. It looks far nicer than in the glare of summer. I was grinning like a loon walking down the Embankment with the sheer joy of it. If it was warn I would just have been grumpy about getting sweaty and getting a headache from the sun.

I have an excellent windscreen cover (I'm a bit in love with it) as it really works and has ear muffs attached for my mirrors. It's like putting my car to bed. I wipe over the windscreen with some de-icer first. It's got magnets all around to hold it in place too. I detest scraping ice, I hate getting my clothes wet and dirty doing it and I get so fecking cold.

@Crucible

I think we have the same cover. I love it too. Best purchase I made last winter.

Buy yourself a Ford & you'll never need to worry again - the Fast Defrost is amazing!!

It's supposed to be -2° here overnight, but I swear they take that reading from the warmest place in my location I'd say it'll easily get down to -4. I'm almost guaranteed an icy car.

@Schooldinner1 why is it so important tonight??

Nope. It’s cold. Cold is horrible. It makes me miserable. A bit of pointless not warm sun doesn’t help - and actually is actively grim because in the winter it’s mostly at a low angle blinding me.

I put a cover windscreen so makes it a bit easier.

Sounds like mine - quilted, magnets and covers for wings.

They're great at keeping windscreens clear! A doddle instead of faffing around scraping it off. Only need to do front sides for scraping.

It's say -1 on my weather app. X