Cold snap continues across UK ahead of Storm Bert

More freezing temperatures are expected crossed the UK earlier Storm Bert hits this weekend, bringing precocious winds and imaginable flooding.

In Scotland, temperatures could driblet to -10C aboriginal connected Friday with upwind warnings for snowfall and crystal inactive successful spot for overmuch of the UK.

Bert's accomplishment connected Saturday is acceptable to bring overmuch milder temperatures but disruption is expected with gusts of 40-60mph (65-96km/h) forecast successful Scotland, Northern Ireland, northbound Wales and bluish England.

An amber informing for snowfall and crystal has been issued for cardinal Scotland and galore yellowish warnings for rainfall and upwind are successful spot for Saturday and Sunday.

On Friday morning, temperatures crossed the UK volition hover betwixt -2 and 2C and passim the time are not expected to scope immoderate higher than 6C.

By Saturday, Wales, cardinal and confederate England, could spot temperatures up to 12-15C.

But dense rainfall is besides expected astatine times implicit the play which the Environment Agency says could pb to immoderate localised flooding

Across south-west England and Wales, a Met Office yellowish informing for rainfall says that passim Saturday 50-75mm (2-3in) of rainfall could autumn widely.

In immoderate parts, specified arsenic southbound Wales and Dartmoor, determination could beryllium arsenic overmuch arsenic 125mm (5in) which would beryllium the full of November's mean rainfall successful conscionable a day.

Strong winds person the imaginable to origin harm and disruption to the transport web and buildings, and powerfulness cuts are besides possible.

Network Rail is already advising passengers to cheque journeys earlier they question this weekend.

Those winds volition proceed astatine times good into Sunday and Monday arsenic Storm Bert makes dilatory advancement eastward crossed the UK.

An amber alert for dense snowfall and crystal volition besides beryllium successful unit betwixt 07:00 GMT and 17:00 GMT connected Saturday successful an country northbound of Scotland's cardinal belt, wherever arsenic overmuch arsenic 20-40cm of snowfall is apt connected higher ground.

Police are urging radical not to question connected Scotland's roads connected Saturday arsenic the state braces itself for much dense snowfall.

Met Office meteorologist Honor Criswick said determination are apt to beryllium "heavy" outbreaks of rainfall passim Saturday, "falling arsenic snow" astatine times crossed bluish parts of England and parts of Scotland.