UK snow warning as 30cm barrage set to hit Britain within hours

Weather warning in place for parts of the UK with travel disruption and potential power cuts likely (Image: WXCharts.com)

Weather warnings have been put in place with heavy snowfall and icy rain set to hit the UK.

These warnings are in place as more areas fall under weather warnings.

Experts have warned that the cold weather will continue into the new week, with a blast of ‘Arctic air’ expected.

According to the Met Office, a yellow snow and ice warning has been placed in areas including North West, North East, the Midlands and most of Wales.

This Met Office, this weather warning has been extended to the evening of January 5 as further sleet, rain and snow is expected to hit other parts of the UK.

Experts have warned that the cold weather will continue into the new week (Image: WXCharts.com)

Meteorologist John Hammond told Sky News that the unsettled weather has gone “according to plan” in terms of how experts had foreseen it.

“There’s a lot of heavier snow still falling across parts of northern England, up into southern Scotland, fringing into Northern Ireland as well,” he says, adding that there is still possibly 30cm of snow to come tonight.

“By contrast, further south, although we saw snow earlier on in the day, that has rapidly turned to rain and the thaw has set in with a vengeance in some places.”

A yellow rain warning for Scotland and across the South of England will not expire until the morning of January 6.

This will mean there is a potential for travel to be disrupted as conditions make it dangerous with a potential of localised surface water flooding.

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Met Office’s amber weather warnings continue for large parts of the country (Image: Met Office)

Met Office’s amber weather warnings continue for large parts of the country with fears of power outages as some areas risk being carpeted by 30 cm of snowfall.

According to Mr Hammond, the weather “is going to start to pivot and head southwards again” in the next few hours.

Among the worst-hit areas, the Pennines will experience the brunt of this weather with predictions of between 15-30 cm of snow forecasted for Wales and the Peak District.

He added: “We’re going to see some remarkably low temperatures at night.

“Some places could see their lowest January nights in terms of temperature for several years.”

The Met Office has warned that the freezing weather could cause severe delays to travel, with potential power cuts and the cutting off of rural communities.

The weather warning comes after ongoing flight delays at Leeds Bradford Airport with weather still impacting services.

Ireland’s Met Office have also warned that some parts of the country could experience up to 10 cm of snow is expected to fall.

Met Eireann (Ireland’s Met Office) has warned of very cold nights in the days ahead.