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William Walker

UK weather: Up to 7 inches of snow to hit as Brits brace for flash floods and power cuts

The UK is bracing for up to seven inches of snow to fall in the coming days as well as torrential rain, flooding and power cuts.

Forecasters have warned of severe weather conditions both today and tomorrow with four yellow weather warnings in place for large parts of the country.

The Met Office has issued warnings for snow, covering much of Scotland and parts of northern England, as well as for large parts of Wales and central England, including Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire on Saturday.

Meteorologists said the snowy conditions could bring 'significant' disruption to travel across central and northern Scotland, with a warning currently in place there until midday.

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Floods have already drenched parts of the UK recently (PA)

Another warning of heavy snow for an area of central England and Wales is in place tomorrow between 3am and 6pm.

The Met Office said of the weather warning: "An area of rain pushing in from the southwest through the early morning will readily turn to snow in places as it encounters colder air.

The snow is likely to cause significant disruption (Alamy Live News.)

"There remains a good deal of uncertainty in how far north the rain and snow will get, before the band stalls and starts to move south again as it eases. 3-7 cm of snow is possible to low levels with the potential for 10-15 cm over high ground (above 200-300 m), mainly in Wales and the West Midlands.

"There is a very low chance of perhaps as much 20 cm over highest parts of the Shropshire and Snowdonia."

There are also warnings of travel disruption with a chance of 'stranded vehicles and passengers' along with rural communities being cut off and power cuts to occur.

In parts of Devon and Cornwall a warning for rain has been issued from 8pm until 3pm on Saturday, with surface water flooding and transport disruption a possibility.

There is also a yellow warning in place for rain on Friday until midday in eastern parts of Scotland, with as much as 40mm of rain set to fall.

Flood warnings have been put in place with the Environment Agency having issued 53 flood warnings, meaning 'immediate action is required' as well as 226 flood alerts.

It comes after large swathes of the UK were blanketed in snow last weekend.

The Met Office said the UK had experienced its snowiest spell since late January 2019, when 20 weather stations in England recorded accumulations of two inches (5cm) or more for three days consecutively.

Temperatures are set to increase in most areas as milder air moves in from the Atlantic, and parts of southern England and Wales could see "spring-like" weather, with temperatures rising as high as 14C (57F).

Today:

Rain, sleet and snow across Scotland moving slowly south this morning and decaying over northeast England later. Heavy, squally showers across southern UK moving quickly east this morning, then mainly dry with some sunshine.

Tonight:

A few wintry showers across northeast coasts, but dry with clear spells and widespread frost in north. Cloudier in south with rain spreading eastwards overnight.

Saturday:

Dry and sunny in north. Rain across central and southern UK, falling as snow over Welsh hills and then across some southern parts before clearing away south during the afternoon.

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