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Brits are set to expertise a-7C Arctic blast this weekend that can go away some areas lined in snow, as temperatures fell under freezing yesterday evening.
The Met Workplace has mentioned that while February has seen among the warmest days on report, the nation will expertise a frosty welcome into March on account of polar air shifting by means of Iceland and into the UK from the west.
The climate service has issued a yellow climate warning for snow at the moment for the west of England.
Elements of Bristol, Bathtub, Gloucester, Hereford or Worcester and its surrounding areas are more likely to be affected by the chilly blast.
South Gloucestershire skilled snowfall by means of the early hours of the morning as residents woke as much as snowfall.
CUMBRIA: This morning, residents in Cumbria within the north of England have been greeted with a blanket of snow
COUNTY DURHAM: A automobile is pictured crashed on the facet of the highway because the north of England experiences snow
CUMBRIA: A person walks throughout a discipline of snow because the UK offers with an Arctic snap
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE: Homes and automobiles have been lined in a blanket of white snow this morning
The climate service has issued a yellow climate warning for snow at the moment for the west of England
CUMBRIA: Sheep are pictured lined in snow in Cumbria at the moment
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE: A SUV drives right into a deep puddle, inflicting a big splash in Seer Inexperienced at the moment
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE: A decide up truck drives by means of flooding this morning
The Met Workplace posted on X this morning and warned these in southern and central elements of the UK to take care as ‘heavy rain, sleet and snow’ has travelled into that space.
Nationwide Highways South-West additionally reminded folks to take care when travelling within the area on account of a ‘flurry of snow’ throughout the community.
This morning, residents in Cumbria have been greeted with a blanket of snow. Locals have been pictured wading by means of the snow to stroll to the outlets and attempting to uncover their automobiles.
In County Durham, a crashed purple automobile lined in snow was pictured on the facet of a distant highway.
The A36 in Wiltshire is closed between the B3414 junction for Heytesbury and the A350 at Warminster after two juggernaut lorries collided.
Highways England mentioned the vehicles ‘misplaced traction within the snow’ and smashed into one another. It is not but identified how many individuals are injured.
‘Police are on scene and restoration has been organized,’ they added.
Different crashes have been reported on Bodmin moor in Cornwall and on the A2 close to Northfleet, Kent.
In the meantime torrential in a single day rain led to flooding on the M4 at junction 13 close to Newbury, Berkshire, this morning.
The Atmosphere Company had 35 flood warnings – the very best doable, with flooding count on – and 148 flood alerts, the place it was ‘doable’.
Buckinghamshire skilled flooding this morning, as automobiles drove by means of water that had gathered on the edges of the highway.
Met Workplace forecaster Annie Shuttleworth additionally warned Brits to count on a freezing begin to Sunday, with lows of -7C ‘throughout inland areas and a few sheltered glens of Scotland.’
CUMBRIA: An area is pictured wiping snow of her automobile as we enter the month of March
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE: Following heavy rainfall, areas of Seer Inexperienced have been left flooded at the moment
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE: A Vary Rover drives by means of a big puddle in Sheer Inexperienced at the moment
CUMBRIA: An individual walks alongside the snowy path as locals awoke to snowy scenes
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE: Homes have been lined in snow because the Met Workplace put in a yellow climate warning for the west of England this morning
As much as 10cm of snowfall is feasible in Scotland, Wales, North West England, South West England and Northern Eire, the forecaster said.
Ms Shuttleworth mentioned: ‘It is going to be staying chilly by means of the weekend throughout the UK however there will probably be some drier and brighter for Sunday.’
‘For a lot of areas it will be a cloudy and chilly evening in any clear skies, notably for western areas of Scotland, some areas of Wales as properly, we could possibly be all the way down to as little as -5C by Saturday morning and lots of areas seeing a danger of some icy stretches on any moist surfaces to start out on Saturday.
‘The temperatures will decide up fairly shortly on Saturday so any snow will shortly begin to soften and any ice may even begin to soften. However it’ll nonetheless be a chilly really feel all through the day.’
Yesterday morning, elements of Derbyshire have been battered by snow that blanketed homes and roads – and continued to fall.
Umbrellas have been additionally seen out in London as commuters battled heavy rain, whereas drivers needed to splash by means of flooded roads in Maidenhead.
England and Wales had their warmest Februarys on report, in accordance with to provisional Met Workplace statistics.
The typical temperature in England for February 2024 was 7.5 C, topping the earlier report of seven.0C set in 1990.
Wales noticed a mean imply temperature at 6.9C for the month, marginally forward of 1998’s report of 6.8C.
