Snow forecast: Heavy and icy rain hits UK with coldest weekend of year
Snow and bitterly cold winds will continue to hit the country as Britons get ready for the coldest weekend of the winter. A BBC Weather forecast warned drivers to watch out for ice as a bloc of cold coming from the Atlantic will hit the UK with icy rain. BBC Weather presenter Philip Avery said: “A stripe of cloud moving in from the Atlantic will eventually generate some rain initially through Northern Ireland, then it will gradually push into the Western fringes of Scotland with this rain falling onto some pretty cold surfaces.
BBC Snow forecast UK: Icy temperatures set to hit the country with the coldest weekend of winter
For the first part of Saturday, it will not be a warm night by any means at all Philip Avery
“Watch out for ice if you’re on the move. For the first part of Saturday, it will not be a warm night by any means at all quite widely across the British Islands. “You get the sense by the middle part of Saturday, it’s one of those, I’m afraid. “Cold, grey, ladened skies. Snow largely confined to the higher ground, perhaps to the western fringes of Scotland and maybe the western side of Northern Ireland.” “Not a lot of rain in parts of East Anglia, but once you come back to Midlands, 3C only in Birmingham.
“That’s the sort of weather you should expect. It’s cold, it’s grey and it’s rather damp.” Cold winds will add to that chill feel suffered on Friday and there will be very little sunshine across the whole country. Met Office forecaster Alex Burkill said: “We are keeping an eye on things next week as it is showing signs of turning colder still, we could see the lowest temperatures in winter so far.
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