THE Met Office is warning of a “risky” weekend, with ice set to blanket UK roads amid a 1C chill.
Milder weather is set to bring heavy rain to parts of the country, which could then be turned to dangerous ice in an overnight freeze.
AlamyThe Met Office has warned of icy conditions like those seen here in Bolton, Lancashire, yesterday, over this weekend[/caption]
StartraksThis woman braved a dip in a frozen lake in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, yesterday[/caption]
There are yellow warnings in place as the weather turns wetMet Office
LNPConditions are set to turn mild and damp as seen here in Oxford Street, London, earlier this month, with Storm Isha sweeping in[/caption]
Forecasters have activated a yellow weather warning for ice this morning covering northern Scotland and many of the Scottish islands.
Drivers are warned of “icy patches on untreated roads”, with the Met suggesting that “slips and falls” are likely.
A second yellow warning covers parts of western Scotland this evening from 5pm to midnight, with heavy rain expected to cause some localised flooding.
A band of heavy rain sweeping in from the Irish Sea is set to make its present felt in many western parts tonight, with Wales and much of the North also bracing for a wet weekend.
The Environment Agency has 51 flood alerts, meaning flooding is possible, and eight flood warnings, where it is “expected”, active for today across England and Wales.
Elsewhere, it will be mostly dry and quite a bit warmer than recent days, with the mercury surging back above zero.
The South will shake off a frosty start to reach highs of 9C by mid-afternoon, a pattern mimicked in Belfast and Glasgow.
Only slightly chillier conditions are predicted across the East, with London and Aberdeen seeing highs of 6C and 7C respectively.
Releasing the forecast on X, the Met wrote: “Saturday morning will start with the risk of some icy surfaces in the far North, and sunny spells in the South East.”
Going into tomorrow, the temperature is expected to keep rising, with a front of warmer air pushing rain further eastwards.
Indeed, Plymouth is forecast, bizarrely, to see 11C at 3am tomorrow and 12C by 9pm.
Much of the country will, say the Met, experience over 10C late into tomorrow evening.
However, this will sadly not be a little pocket of summer sunshine, with damp and humid conditions across the UK as Storm Isha makes landfall.
There are yellow warnings for rain active across the whole country, while an amber warning for wind affects the whole of Northern Ireland, the North between Manchester and Glasgow, much of Wales and the north coast of Devon and Cornwall into Monday morning.
That amber warning extends to parts of the Hampshire and Kent coasts on Monday.
Residents are warned of the possibility of power cuts, loss of mobile phone coverage, severe travel disruption and “danger to life” in coastal areas due to large waves.
For Sunday, the Met said: “Winds strengthening as Storm Isha arrives from the west, bringing widespread rain, locally heavy at times.
“Gales or severe gales likely by evening.”
Into next week, sunny spells and “heavy, blustery showers” are expected, before winds begin to ease by Wednesday, giving way to drier conditions.
Amber warnings are in place across Sunday (left) and Monday (right)
RexLocalised flooding of the sort seen here in Windsor, Berkshire, on January 9 is possible[/caption]
EPADrivers like these hardy souls in Liverpool on Tuesday have been warned of the potential for severe disruption[/caption] Published: [#item_custom_pubDate]
