Met Office maps shows exactly where and when most of UK under warnings - only two places spared

The Met Office has predicted that Storm Bert volition bring snow, ice, upwind and rainfall to ample parts of the UK, issuing yellowish and amber upwind warnings to astir parts of the country

All but 2 parts of the UK are facing respective torrid days of ice, snowfall and rainfall arsenic temperatures plummet crossed the country.

The bleak days of November are good and genuinely upon us, with the shining lights of Christmas inactive faintly connected the skyline arsenic the acheronian nights gully further and further in. The unwelcome representation volition beryllium fixed a frosty borderline this play erstwhile Storm Bert reaches the UK.

The Met Office named the fearsome beforehand connected Thursday, issuing an amber weather informing successful 1 portion of the state and yellowish warnings successful each but two. At its worst, Storm Bert volition bring dense rainfall and snow, unneurotic with beardown winds, to ample swathes of the country.

The centre of the interaction volition beryllium successful Scotland, wherever an country betwixt Perth, Aberdeen and Inverness volition beryllium astatine hazard of powerfulness cuts and disruptive snowfall. Travel delays connected the roads are likely, stranding immoderate vehicles and passengers, portion mobile telephone transportation whitethorn chopped retired for some.

Those connected the roads and bicycle paths person been warned to beryllium wary of icy patches, portion delays connected the rails and astatine airports are likely. Up to 20cm of snowfall is forecast to autumn successful areas up to 200m supra oversea level, and astir 40cm is predicted for those higher successful the hills.

While the centre of Scotland volition carnivore the brunt of the inclement weather, astir of the remainder of the UK is successful for a acold and icy fewer days - with a just blanketing of snowfall crossed galore areas. Thermometers are improbable to emergence supra 2 oregon 3 degrees centigrade connected Friday.

The lone parts of the state without a yellowish oregon amber upwind informing successful spot from Friday greeting until Sunday are the South East and East of England. Snow and crystal risks determination are lower, but neither country is expected to extremity the week without enduring a just helping of upwind and rain.

The 1 metallic lining successful presumption of milder upwind is the temperature, which is predicted to emergence importantly connected Saturday and Sunday to supra 10C successful astir parts of the UK. The mercury whitethorn adjacent deed 14C successful London and the South East connected Sunday.

Met Office lawman main meteorologist Dan Holley said: “Storm Bert marks a displacement to overmuch milder aerial and wintry hazards volition gradually diminish done the weekend, but dense snowfall is expected crossed parts of bluish England and Scotland for a clip connected Saturday, particularly implicit higher ground, and warnings are successful place.”

“Heavy rainfall done Saturday and Sunday, particularly successful confederate and occidental parts of the UK, volition besides bring impacts for immoderate with a fig of warnings successful place. We expect 50-75 mm of rainfall rather wide wrong the informing areas, but successful excess of 100 mm is imaginable implicit precocious crushed successful parts of Wales and southwest England.”

“In addition, accelerated melting of lying snowfall implicit the play and periods of beardown winds are apt to exacerbate impacts and bring the imaginable for question disruption, arsenic good arsenic flooding for some.”