'Rare' weather event warning in Britain as freezing rain follows mega snow blast forecast

Brits person been warned of a improvement seldom seen successful the UK successful the coming days, arsenic freezing rainfall is perchance connected its mode successful 2 areas of the state aft earlier snowfall

Brits person been warned of freezing rain which is acceptable to autumn successful the coming days, aft a mega snowfall blast falls connected areas of the country.

Temperatures are acceptable to plummet this week arsenic polar aerial moves south. The Met Office has respective yellowish weather warnings successful spot for snowfall and crystal implicit the coming days arsenic radical are urged to hole for the worst.

However, travel the weekend, determination is much to come, arsenic Ventusky upwind maps amusement the autumn of freezing rainfall successful 2 areas of the country. Those successful Bournemouth connected the southbound seashore and successful westbound Scotland could acquisition the improvement this Saturday.

In particular, Castle Douglas - eastbound of Stranraer - was forecast freezing rainfall astatine astir 3am connected Saturday, November 18. At the aforesaid time, freezing rainfall was forecast successful the country surrounding Bere Regis, Dorset.

The Met Office says of freezing rain: “The conditions needed for freezing rainfall are rather circumstantial and we don’t spot this improvement precise often successful the UK. It tin nutrient striking effects, arsenic the rainfall driblet spreads retired momentarily crossed the aboveground earlier it freezes, encasing the aboveground successful a furniture of wide ice.

“It is not conscionable these eye-catching scenes which the freezing rainfall tin bring; the value of the crystal tin sometimes beryllium dense capable to bring down trees and powerfulness lines, and the glaze of crystal connected the crushed efficaciously turns roads and pathways into an crystal rink. The freezing rainfall tin besides beryllium highly hazardous for aircraft.”

It comes amid yellowish terrible upwind warnings for snowfall and crystal are presently successful spot from Monday to Wednesday, affecting parts of Scotland, the full of Northern Ireland, and parts of bluish England, northbound Wales and the northbound Midlands.

Dan Suri, Chief Meteorologist astatine the Met Office, said: “An country of debased unit slides its mode eastwards connected Monday night. “The associated frontal system, marking the bound betwixt acold aerial successful the northbound and milder conditions to the south, volition bring disruptive snowfall to immoderate areas betwixt Monday evening and Tuesday morning.

"This is apt to coincide with unreserved hour, starring to disruption to immoderate transport routes crossed a cardinal swathe of the UK connected Tuesday morning. It volition besides beryllium windy successful the acold south. Updates to the warnings passim the week are likely, truthful it is important to enactment up to day with the latest forecast.”

Two to 5 cm of snowfall is expected to accumulate wide crossed Scotland, with up to 10 cm successful immoderate places by the extremity of Tuesday, and possibly 15 to 20 cm accumulating supra 300 metres. Showers whitethorn beryllium sleety astatine times on north-facing coasts, though icy surfaces are apt astatine times.