Brits braced for more ‘thundersnow’ and icy roads ahead of wet and windy weekend

Put together for extra snowy and icy situations tonight earlier than a wet weekend (Image: North Information and Footage/PA)

Brace yourselves for treacherous situations on the roads and potential energy cuts as extra snow and lightning strikes are on their means.

Elements of the nation have been warned to count on sheets of ice on the roads, that means drivers and cyclists ought to take additional care this night.

The A66 trans-Pennine route between County Durham and Cumbria was closed earlier at the moment as rescuers had been despatched in to get better stranded automobiles.

The Met Workplace has issued yellow climate warnings for ice for the remainder of Friday for a lot of western Britain for the remainder of Friday.

A mixture of snow showers and lightning may result in a uncommon phenomenon referred to as ‘thundersnow’ – significantly in northwest England and Scotland and in Northern Eire.

These areas may see 5cm of snow at the moment and as much as 15cm on larger floor, whereas some some properties may very well be hit by energy outages.

Yellow climate warnings for ice have been put in place throughout a lot of the nation (Image: Metro.co.uk)

A tractor spreads grits alongside the roads in Hunterston, Ayrshire earlier at the moment (Image: PA)

Watch your footing, as roads and pavements shall be coated in ice in some elements of the nation (Image: North Information and Footage)

By the top of Friday there may very well be as much as 15cm of snow in elements of the nation on larger floor (Image: PA)

Thundersnow is meteorologically the identical as thunderstorms attributable to air stress in the course of the summertime, simply with snow as an alternative of rain and hail.

At evening, thundersnow makes lightning seem brighter as a result of the sunshine displays off the snowflakes.

The snow contained throughout the thunderstorms typically dampens the sound of thunder. This implies it typically can solely be heard from two to a few miles away.

Met Workplace forecasters warned that ‘frequent sleet, hail and snow showers might result in some disruption to journey’ – so you'll want to double verify your prepare instances.

They added that energy cuts and ice on the street means there's a ‘slight probability that some rural communities may turn out to be minimize off’.

However by the early hours of Saturday morning rain clouds are set to comb Britain from the west – barely elevating temperatures whereas making means for a moist and windy weekend.

By the afternoon patches of sunshine are anticipated to interrupt up the grim climate, whereas Sunday is predicted to be largely dry – with some showers set for Northern Eire and northwest Scotland.

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