Britain faces frosty and icy conditions as Storm Bert looms

Many areas of Britain faced frosty and icy conditions this greeting up of the accomplishment of Storm Bert tomorrow.

The Met Office said it expects the tempest to bring "heavy rain, beardown winds and disruptive snowfall to parts of the UK done the weekend" and perchance origin question disruption and flooding.

Much of the UK experienced temperatures adjacent to freezing past night, the Met Office said, with -6C (21.2F) recorded astatine Tulloch Bridge successful Scotland.

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Several yellowish warnings for snowfall and crystal were successful spot crossed the UK until 10am connected Friday, portion 1 covering parts of Scotland volition stay successful spot until midday.

They came up of an amber informing for dense snowfall and crystal successful spot betwixt 7am and 5pm connected Saturday successful cardinal parts of Scotland.

The Met Office said 10-20cm of snowfall was apt connected crushed supra 200m and determination could beryllium arsenic overmuch arsenic 20-40cm connected hills supra 400m.

Several different yellowish alerts for wind, rainfall and snowfall volition besides screen overmuch of the UK.

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Met Office meteorologist Honor Criswick said: "Through into Friday... snowfall showers are acceptable to proceed chiefly astir coastal areas though erstwhile again inactive a fewer feeding inland astatine times.

"There volition besides inactive beryllium plentifulness of autumnal sunshine. Still feeling acold though, peculiarly successful those brisk winds - erstwhile again we're lone looking astatine highs of astir 5C, somewhat higher successful the southwest astir 7C.

"Across the northbound those temperatures struggling to determination past 2-3C.

"As we caput into Friday evening, a alteration is connected its mode arsenic we present Storm Bert moving its mode successful from the Atlantic. So we'll spot clouds spilling successful from the southwest with outbreaks of rainfall - dense astatine times by the clip we scope Saturday morning."

"Heavy" outbreaks of rainfall are apt passim Saturday, "falling arsenic snow" astatine times crossed parts of England and Scotland, Ms Criswick said.

More than 114 schools were unopen successful the Highland Council country connected Thursday due to the fact that of snow, astir 40 were unopen successful Aberdeenshire and 12 were closed successful Moray.

In England, 89 schools were unopen successful Devon, 60 successful Cornwall and 18 successful Dorset, portion successful Wales 18 were closed successful Denbighshire, 10 successful Conwy and 2 successful Wrexham.