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Warning overview for UK
Warning details for UK
Headline
Heavy snow and strong winds will bring blizzard conditions at times and cause travel disruption. Ice will be an additional hazard in places.
What to expect
- Possible travel delays on roads stranding some vehicles and passengers
- Possible delays or cancellations to rail and air travel
- Some rural communities could become cut off
- Power cuts may occur and other services, such as mobile phone coverage, may be affected
What should I do?
Reason for update
Warning updated to cater for a risk of ice on Thursday night and to extend the area.
Further details
Spells of snow will continue for the rest of Thursday and through Friday morning. Snow will be heavy at times, especially above 200 m, with the heaviest snow occurring east of the Great Glen. Snow accumulations of a few cms are possible at low-levels whilst 10-20 cm snow is likely above around 200 m. Icy stretches will be an additional hazard in places on Friday morning. In addition, strong winds will develop on Thursday, leading to blizzard conditions at times over higher ground, and icing on infrastructure, such as power lines. Winds will become less strong during Friday morning.
Regions and local authorities affected:
- Angus
- Perth and Kinross
- Aberdeenshire
- Moray
- Highland
Headline
Heavy rain is expected to cause some travel disruption and possible flooding.
What to expect
- Bus and train services probably affected with journey times taking longer
- Spray and flooding could lead to difficult driving conditions and some road closures
- There is a small chance that some communities become cut off by flooded roads
What should I do?
Reason for update
Warning updated to bring time of expiry forward. Rainfall accumulations are not expected to be as high as thought yesterday with impacts now expected to low, and tick in the impact matrix changed accordingly.
Further details
Persistent, heavy rain associated with Storm Christoph is expected to affect the north and northeast of mainland Scotland as well as Orkney today before pulling away early on Friday. 20-30 mm of rain is likely quite widely with perhaps as much as 30-50 mm rain across parts of north Aberdeenshire and east Moray. In addition, this rain will be accompanied by coastal gales today with gusts of 50 mph, perhaps 60 mph, along north-facing coasts posing an additional hazard.
Regions and local authorities affected:
- Aberdeenshire
- Moray
- Highland
- Orkney Islands
Headline
Icy surfaces leading to difficult travel conditions.
What to expect
- Some injuries from slips and falls on icy surfaces
- Probably some icy patches on some untreated roads, pavements and cycle paths
What should I do?
Further details
Further showers on Thursday night will leave surfaces wet. As ground temperatures fall below freezing, ice is likely to form in places. Some of the showers will be wintry, especially on high ground, with 1-2 cm snow possible above 200 metres.
Regions and local authorities affected:
- Derbyshire
- Na h-Eileanan Siar
- Highland
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Blackpool
- Cheshire East
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Cumbria
- Greater Manchester
- Halton
- Lancashire
- Merseyside
- Warrington
- County Antrim
- County Armagh
- County Down
- County Fermanagh
- County Londonderry
- County Tyrone
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Argyll and Bute
- East Ayrshire
- Inverclyde
- North Ayrshire
- South Ayrshire
- Blaenau Gwent
- Caerphilly
- Carmarthenshire
- Ceredigion
- Conwy
- Denbighshire
- Flintshire
- Gwynedd
- Isle of Anglesey
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Monmouthshire
- Neath Port Talbot
- Pembrokeshire
- Powys
- Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Swansea
- Wrexham
- Herefordshire
- Shropshire
- Staffordshire
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Telford and Wrekin
- North Yorkshire
- South Yorkshire
- West Yorkshire
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Red warning
- Dangerous weather is expected and, if you have not done so already, you should take action now to keep yourself and others safe from the impact of the severe weather.
- It is very likely that there will be a risk to life, with substantial disruption to travel, energy supplies and possibly widespread damage to property and infrastructure.
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- There is an increased likelihood of impacts from severe weather, which could potentially disrupt your plans.
- This means there is the possibility of travel delays, road and rail closures, power cuts and the potential risk to life and property.
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