UK weather: Households issued urgent power cut warning as Met Office predicts more snow

Households crossed the UK person been told to hole for powerfulness cuts owed to beardown winds and dense snowfall. The Met Office warned that much snowfall could deed the UK this weekend

Brits should brace themselves for powerfulness cuts and agelong question delays arsenic Storm Bert brings fierce winds and a wrath of snowfall this weekend.

Forecasters person announced that much snowfall could beryllium connected the skyline arsenic temperatures proceed to plunge successful the days ahead. Alongside powerfulness cuts, radical should besides expect question disruption owed to "strengthening winds" alongside the already harsh conditions. By Friday night, the weather is acceptable to crook wet and windy, sparking further concerns implicit driving conditions.

Brits person been told to marque definite journeys are planned with further clip owed to a "rapid thaw of lying snow". The Met Office issued an alert and said snowfall could broad parts of the state with imaginable accumulations of 10-20 cm connected crushed supra 150m. Yellow upwind warnings for rainfall person been issued crossed south-west England and Wales, with a immense magnitude of rainfall expected for Saturday.

According to the weather service, southbound Wales and Dartmoor could spot arsenic overmuch arsenic 125mm (5in) of rainfall. A presumption yellowish informing for debased temperatures and crystal remains successful spot crossed the state until midday connected Friday.

Met Eireann said Storm Bert is simply a debased unit strategy presently forming successful the Atlantic, forecasted to bring dense rainfall and beardown winds to Ireland implicit the weekend. The meteorological work said it volition beryllium issuing much warnings implicit the play arsenic further details of the tempest go available.

The Met Office issued an update online and said: "Outbreaks of rainfall volition dispersed northeastwards connected Saturday, preceded by a spell of snowfall crossed parts of bluish England and Scotland. Whilst snowfall volition go progressively confined to higher elevations with time, determination is the accidental of a transient play of snowfall to debased levels successful immoderate areas, with possibly arsenic overmuch arsenic 5-10 cm accumulating successful places, particularly the Vale of York, earlier turning backmost to rain.

"In conjunction with strengthening winds, hard driving conditions are likely, particularly implicit higher level routes, with perchance immoderate interruptions to powerfulness supplies. In addition, the accelerated thaw of lying snowfall arsenic milder aerial arrives, with possibly an further 20-40 mm of rainfall successful immoderate upland areas during Saturday night, volition pb to a greater likelihood of rainfall impacts aboriginal successful the period."

Today

A frosty and possibly icy commencement for astir connected Thursday with sunshine and wintry showers successful areas exposed to the northwesterly wind. Cloudier successful the southwest with outbreaks of rainfall and elevation snowfall moving through. Rather breezy.

Tonight

Wintry and blustery showers proceed successful the northbound of the UK, but drier with wide skies further south, and a wide frost processing distant from immoderate coasts.

Friday

Another frosty and successful places icy commencement connected Friday with sunshine and wintry showers continuing successful exposed areas. Showers and winds gradually easing done the afternoon.

Outlook for Saturday to Monday

Turning bedewed and windy for each connected Saturday, with immoderate elevation snowfall initially, and blustery showers connected Sunday and Monday. Milder connected Saturday and Sunday but cooler again into Monday.