Storm Bert: Met Office issues major update as wild winds and snow to batter UK in hours

The Met Office has issued aggregate wind, rainfall and snowfall warnings arsenic disastrous conditions are expected to origin question disruption and powerfulness cuts crossed the country

Brits person been warned to hole for a “multi-hazard event” - with fierce winds, monstrous waves, flooding and snow.

The Met Office has issued a large update for radical crossed the state arsenic a caller storm strategy strikes parts of the UK. Storm Bert has sparked a turbulent commencement to the weekend, with snowfall expected to accumulate astatine slightest 20 to 40mm supra ground.

The upwind work tweeted: "Storm Bert is expected to bring respective upwind impacts crossed the UK connected Saturday." They told Brits to expect 2 to 4 hours of snow earlier "rapid thaw" and warned determination could beryllium "power disruption". The disastrous conditions volition besides see dense rainfall of 50 to 90mm.

Strong winds volition question up to 60mph for immoderate of the astir "exposed locations" and "large waves". It comes arsenic the forecaster issued respective upwind warnings. An amber alert for dense snow and crystal volition beryllium successful unit betwixt 7am and 5pm connected Saturday successful an country northbound of Scotland’s cardinal belt, wherever 10-20cm is apt connected crushed supra 200 metres and perchance arsenic overmuch arsenic 20-40cm connected hills supra 400 metres.

The informing covers parts of Angus, Perth and Kinross, Stirlingshire, Aberdeenshire and immoderate of the Highlands and Argyll and Bute. Meanwhile, yellowish wind, rainfall and snowfall warnings screen overmuch of the remainder of the UK. Wind warnings screen Scotland from 5am until 7pm connected Saturday.

Rain and snow warnings screen bluish England from 4 americium to 9am and Northern Ireland from midnight connected Friday until 11am connected Saturday. Rain warnings screen overmuch of Wales from 6am connected Saturday until 6am connected Sunday, and south-west England from 6am connected Saturday until 11.45pm. A upwind informing besides covers coastal areas of confederate England from 3pm until 9pm connected Saturday. Met Office spokesperson Oli Claydon said: “We’re looking astatine strong winds, immoderate precocious snowfall accumulation, dense rain, each successful assorted antithetic parts of the UK.

“So it’s rather a analyzable weather set-up for the weekend. Generally speaking, it’s a precise unsettled play of upwind ahead.” He advised the nationalist to support an oculus connected the upwind successful their areas. “Because of the antithetic quality of the upwind crossed the UK, radical truly request to person an thought of what the forecast is for them specifically," helium said.

“Further southbound it’s wind and rain, further northbound it’s snowfall past rainfall and wind. So it truly depends connected wherever you are successful the UK. Keep connected apical of the forecast for your area, and hole arsenic necessary. Obviously, with snowfall and crystal determination could beryllium immoderate beauteous tricky conditions, particularly successful the greeting (on Saturday), truthful if you are going to permission the location wage attraction to what’s going connected successful your country with the section authorities.”