UK snow: Met Office issues three-day weather warning as map shows whole of England affected
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The Met Office has issued a huge three-day UK snow warning as temperatures look set to plummet to -10C across the country. The weather warning has been issued for almost all of England and parts of Scotland this weekend as the Met Office has warned rural communities could become cut off. Wales will also be affected as will parts of southern Scotland.
From Saturday, forecasters warned to expect up to 1ft of snow falling between 12pm on Saturday and 9am on Monday. The whole of Greater London, along with southern Scotland, is covered by the yellow alert. Scotland could see lows of -10C by Friday morning, with London -5C, and -7C in Birmingham and Manchester.
The Met Office said there is a small chance of power cuts and mobile phone coverage being affected, while there could also be delays and cancellations to flights and trains. The weather forecasters said: "Outbreaks of rain spreading northeastwards later on Saturday and overnight into Sunday will likely be preceded by a spell of snow on its northern flank. Whilst there is a fair bit of uncertainty as to how far north this may spread, and how long any snow will last, significant accumulations of snow are possible, especially (but not exclusively) on hills.
"Currently, parts of the Midlands, Wales and northern England are most at risk of disruption, where 5cm or more could accumulate fairly widely, with perhaps as much as 20-30 cm over high ground of Wales and/or the Pennines. This, accompanied by strengthening winds, may lead to drifting of lying snow.
