UK weekend weather: Met Office yellow warning amid icy -2C blast and torrential rain

Storm clouds moving successful from the Atlantic (Image: Met Office)

Brits are bracing for a frosty commencement to the weekend, with beardown winds and dense rainfall connected the horizon. Just past week, the UK basked successful lukewarm weather and wide skies, but contempt caller rainfall, temperatures remained mild.

However, a important chill is present mounting in, with Scotland seeing temperatures plummet to -2C and wide frost expected crossed the country. This acold drawback is owed to Arctic aerial moving southwards, though Saturday greeting should bring immoderate respite with wide skies and sunshine.

Nevertheless, showers whitethorn deed bluish and eastbound coasts, occasionally moving inland.

The little spell of bully upwind volition beryllium disrupted by dense downpours, peculiarly connected Sunday, accompanied by robust winds, prompting the Met Office to contented a yellowish warning. Wind speeds could scope 50-55mph mostly and adjacent surpass 60mph successful exposed locations.

The rain, dense astatine times, poses a hazard of aboveground h2o and spray affecting roadworthy conditions.

Heavy rainfall is forecast (Image: Getty Images)

Met Office Deputy Chief Meteorologist Dan Holley commented connected the upcoming weather, stating: "After a drier interlude for galore connected Friday, Saturday and aboriginal Sunday, attraction shifts to a heavy country of debased unit to the southwest which volition bring rainfall and beardown winds to parts of the UK, perchance impactful for some."

The Met Office forewarns of a blustery weekend, issuing a Yellow upwind informing for swathes of southwest England and southbound and westbound Wales this Sunday. They add: "A Yellow informing for upwind has been issued for overmuch of Sunday crossed portions of southwest England and southbound and westbound Wales, wherever gusts could scope oregon adjacent transcend 60 mph connected exposed coasts, and 50-55 mph much widely. This strategy volition gradually way eastwards done Sunday and into Monday and volition bring different spell of bedewed upwind reasonably wide crossed the UK."

The informing continues with concerns implicit further impacts owed to rainfall: "We're continuing to show the rainfall with this system, arsenic rainfall falling connected saturated crushed successful flood-hit areas has the imaginable to origin further impacts. Stay up to day with the latest forecast arsenic further warnings could beryllium issued successful the coming days."

A yellowish informing for rainfall connected Sunday (Image: Met Office)

Saturday's forecast from the Met Office promises immoderate reprieve, with adust conditions and sunshine for most: "Most places adust with sunny spells. A scattering of showers crossed northwestern parts, astir predominant crossed Scotland. A alternatively acold feeling time for galore with winds easing."

The summary for Sunday done Tuesday suggests unsettled conditions volition prevail: "Wet and windy upwind dilatory moving northeastwards crossed the UK done Sunday and into Monday, chiefly affecting England and Wales. Gradually turning drier and brighter connected Tuesday from the west."