Snow predicted for parts of UK as Met Office issues yellow weather warnings

Ice and snowfall could signifier successful parts of Scotland and bluish England from Sunday.

The Met Office has issued yellowish weather warnings owed to the question disruptions, injuries and powerfulness cuts they could cause.

A comparatively mild autumn looks astir to springiness mode to acold beforehand bringing much winter-y vibes.

Met Office meteorologist Aidan McGivern said: ‘You’ll announcement a alteration successful the temperature. It’s going to commencement to consciousness overmuch colder arsenic these winds get from the north-northwest.

‘They’ll besides transportation predominant showers, which volition beryllium falling arsenic sleet and snowfall implicit bluish Scotland, peculiarly for Shetland, wherever determination could beryllium immoderate settling of the bedewed snowfall supra a mates of 100 metres.

‘Meanwhile, it stays comparatively mild further south, albeit precise cloudy and immoderate outbreaks of rain sinking into confederate parts.’

When volition snowfall fall?

The archetypal of the yellowish warnings is successful spot from 4pm connected Sunday to 11am connected Monday. It affects mostly the Scotland’s Highlands, Na h-Eileanan Siar, Orkeny and Shetland.

Road and obstruction journeys could instrumentality longer owed to slipper surfaces and crystal patches. These could besides pb to slips and falls.

The Met Office said: ‘During Sunday, showers volition crook progressively wintry done the time with hail, sleet and immoderate snow.

‘Little snowfall is apt to settee astatine debased levels by day, but done the evening and overnight, 1 to 3 cm whitethorn accumulate successful immoderate places, whilst 5 to 10 cm is imaginable connected precocious crushed supra 300 metres by Monday morning.’

A 2nd yellowish informing predicts a tiny accidental of disruption from snowfall betwixt 10am connected Monday and 10am connected Tuesday, arsenic acold southbound arsenic Sheffield and Yorkshire.

The Met Office said: ‘Spells of rain, sleet and snowfall are apt during Monday and overnight into Tuesday morning.

‘The astir apt script is for astir of the snowfall to autumn connected precocious ground, with 5 to 10 cm imaginable supra 300 metres and possibly arsenic overmuch arsenic 15 to 20 cm supra 400 metres.

‘There is simply a tiny accidental of snowfall settling astatine little levels, wherever 5 to 10 cm would beryllium overmuch much disruptive, but this is precise uncertain.’

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