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Met Office identifies erstwhile Arctic acold drawback volition yet extremity but much misery is coming

Forecasters astatine the Met Office person identified erstwhile the Arctic acold drawback volition extremity - but dense rainfall volition regenerate the weather.

The UK has endured sub-zero temperatures this week, with a debased of -11.2°C astatine Braemar successful Aberdeenshire recorded connected Tuesday arsenic snow yet arrived crossed the country. Some 12cm of snowfall fell astatine Watnall, Nottinghamshire and much is expected connected Wednesday, arsenic acold southbound arsenic Suffolk and Carmarthenshire.

But forecasters recognize the Arctic airmass volition yet subside connected Saturday, and temperatures volition emergence again. However, it means the ample swathes of the UK volition alternatively acquisition downpours, the heaviest of which are feared crossed northbound Wales, Merseyside, Greater Manchester and parts of West Yorkshire.

Sunday's outlook looks conscionable arsenic bleak with South West of England expected to look fierce downpours. Temperatures, though, should scope 16C successful the East of England connected Sunday, a important leap from today's freezing conditions.

Met Office identifies erstwhile Arctic acold drawback volition yet extremity but much misery is coming