Snow maps show exact time 268-mile band of ice to sweep across England

A ample partition of snowfall is acceptable to descend connected the state this weekend, hours aft Storm Éowyn's monolithic 80mph winds has finished battering parts of the UK connected Friday and Saturday

Terrifying maps person shown the nonstop clip a monolithic 268-mile of snow is acceptable to agelong crossed the state - hours aft Storm Éowyn batters the country.

The immense partition of snowfall volition deed areas of Wales, arsenic good arsenic the Midlands and Yorkshire successful the aboriginal hours of January 26. WX Charts shows North Devon Coast to the Holderness seashore successful the East Riding of Yorkshire volition beryllium affected.

The snowfall volition proceed to autumn until astir 9am, perchance causing postulation nightmares acknowledgment to the flurries. Maps suggest the heaviest snowfall volition beryllium implicit northbound Wales, the northbound westbound of England and into Northern Ireland.

Meanwhile, the state is continuing to hole for the mightiness of Storm Éowyn connected Friday and Saturday. It has triggered amber and yellowish weather warnings up of its accomplishment from time with forecasters predicting upwind speeds of up to 90mph successful immoderate regions bringing "widespread disruption".

The latest named tempest turned upwind maps red, purple and black, indicating the harsh gale speeds that volition whip circular the country. Met Office lawman main meteorologist Mike Silverstone said: “Storm Éowyn is expected to bring precise beardown winds and wide disruption connected Friday. There are presently a fig of upwind warnings successful place, with each parts of the UK covered by 1 informing astatine immoderate constituent connected Friday.

“Storm Éowyn is expected to transverse Northern Ireland aboriginal connected Friday morning. It volition past proceed northeast crossed the bluish fractional of Scotland during Friday day and is expected to beryllium centred adjacent Shetland during Friday evening.

“The strongest upwind gusts are apt to beryllium felt crossed parts of Northern Ireland, confederate and cardinal Scotland, bluish England and northwest Wales, wherever exposed sites could get gusts successful excess of 80mph, perchance 90mph, which has the imaginable to origin impacts for those successful these areas. The absorption for the highest winds shifts to Scotland connected Friday nighttime into Saturday.

“An amber upwind informing for upwind has been issued and covers Northern Ireland, parts of Scotland and bluish England for astir of the time connected Friday earlier winds gradually easiness aboriginal successful the day.”

Rail, road, aerial and ferry journeys are apt to beryllium affected successful regions nether the amber alert. It is imaginable determination volition beryllium immoderate cancellations and that roads and bridges volition close.

Meanwhile, for Thursday the Met Office says it volition commencement with frost and fog, past a agleam commencement for many. A set of bedewed and windy upwind sweeping northeast crossed astir areas, followed by brighter skies with immoderate blustery showers. There are besides fears tornadoes could deed parts of confederate Britain.