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UK weather weekend forecast LIVE – Snow bomb IMMINENT, Met Office warns as roads shut and temperatures plunge

SNOWFALL is imminent across the UK, the Met Office has warned as it put out new yellow weather warnings.

Icy conditions have already closed roads in Yorkshire and Britain is braced for another major temperature plunge over the weekend.

The infamous Beast from the East is set to batter Britain in the coming days -with experts predicting it could arrive as early as Monday.

Weather warnings are in place across vast swathes of the UK, including northern England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and along the East Coast.

Rain, sleet and snow will move south across northern England and Wales, while there will be some sunny spells in the south.

Follow our weather live blog for all the latest news and updates from around the country…

  • Katie Davis

    WATCH: WEEKEND WEATHER FORECAST

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    IN PICS: WOMAN ICE SKATES ON FROZEN WATERS

    Code Carswell ice skating on the frozen waters of Castle Semple, LochwinnochCredit: Alamy Live News
    The 18-year-old striking a pose on the frozen waters in a Scottish villageCredit: Alamy Live News

     

  • Katie Davis

    TIPS FOR DRIVING IN SNOW AND ICE

    With icy and snowy weather forecast across the country, the Met Office has issued the following advice for driving in these conditions:

    • Take care around gritters – don't be tempted to overtake
    • Slow down – it can take up to 10 times longer to stop in icy conditions
    • Use a high gear – this will help avoid wheel spin
    • Avoid harsh braking – pump the brakes if needed
    • Manoeuvre gently – ease off the accelerator if you skid
    • John Hall

      CONTINUED

      The annual peak is likely to be followed by a cyclical fall as plants growing in the northern hemisphere summer absorb CO2.

      From September onwards, CO2 levels will resume rising, with the average annual concentration of the greenhouse gas seen at around 416.3 ppm, the Met Office said.

      CO2 levels have long since passed levels considered safe by climate scientists.

      At a climate summit in Madrid in December 2019, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that 400 ppm had once been considered "an unthinkable tipping point."

      After falling sharply last spring as economies were hit by the coronavirus, emissions have now mostly returned to pre-pandemic levels, the Met Office said.

    • John Hall

      CO2 LEVELS TO BREACH 50% RISE FROM PRE-INDUSTRIAL ERA IN 2021 SAYS MET OFFICE

      Human activity will push concentrations of planet-warming carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to levels 50% higher than before the industrial revolution this year, breaching a symbolic climate change threshold, the UK's Met Office forecast on Friday.

      With 2021 seen as a critical year for implementing the 2015 Paris Agreement to avoid catastrophic climate change, scientists said the prediction underscored the need for rapid action to slash emissions of CO2 from burning coal, oil and natural gas.

      "The human-caused build-up of CO2 in the atmosphere is accelerating," said Richard Betts, a climate scientist at the Met Office. "It took over 200 years for levels to increase by 25%, but now just over 30 years later we are approaching a 50% increase."

      Emissions from fossil fuels and deforestation will cause CO2 to continue to accumulate in the atmosphere in 2021, with concentrations expected to exceed 417 parts per million (ppm) for several weeks from April to June for the first time.

      That record level would be 50% higher than the concentration of 278 ppm at the dawn of the industrial era in the late 18th century, the Met Office said.

    • John Hall

      FORECAST FOR TONIGHT

      Patchy rain, sleet and snow showers are expected to clear in southern parts tonight.

      There will be clear skies for many with a widespread frost, which will be severe in places.

      It will be turning windy in northwest Scotland with snow, followed by rain later.

    • John Hall

      SNOWING IN PARTS OF COUNTRY

      Snow is currently falling across parts of northern England and Wales.

      In some places it is settling.

      This band of rain, sleet and snow will move very slowly south this afternoon, becoming increasingly patchy and eventually fading away.

    • John Hall

      SLEET AND SNOW THIS AFTERNOON

      A band of rain, sleet and snow will move across central areas this afternoon.

      Cold but sunny spells are expected in the north.

      It will be cloudy further south with freezing fog patches.

    • John Hall

      LONDON FORECAST

      This morning's misty start in the capital will lift by this afternoon, with overcast skies expected.

      It will continue to be a cloudy and rather cold day, although it should stay mostly dry.

      However, the cloud should start to break up to give some clear spells by this evening.

      There will be light winds and a maximum temperature of 4 °C.

      Tonight, a widespread frost is due with the risk of some icy patches forming in places. Minimum temperature -1 °C.

    • John Hall

      FRIDAY FREEZE

      Snow and ice warnings cover nearly all of the UK today as the Beast from the East II looms.

      An arctic blast from Greenland has left the country shivering as snow was dumped overnight and treacherous conditions left on the roads.

      Temperatures fell to -15C in some spots, with yellow warnings issued for most of the country today by the Met Office.

      It comes as another Beast from the East is set to arrive next week, with snowstorms and extreme temperatures expected to batter Britain in the cold blast.

      The last Siberian weather front to be given the nickname hit in 2018 when snow blanketed large parts of Britain and temperatures plummeted to -10C.

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