UK weather – Britain set for 6 days of snow in ‘most disruptive blizzard since Beast from East’ after nightmare floods

BRITAIN is set for six days of snow in the most disruptive blizzard since the Beast from the East.

The Met Office predicts up to 11.8inches could fall, with rural areas “cut off”.

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And areas deluged by rain could face flooding with up to 3in across the North East and Northern Ireland until Saturday.

Weather warnings have already been issued in Scotland from 6pm on Thursday to midday on Sunday.

Meteorologist Steven Keates told The Sun: “This will be the most significant snowfall we have had all at once since the Beast from the East three years ago.

“The blizzards will cause some quite significant travel issues and it is the amount of snow which could easily cut off isolated communities in Scotland.

“Next week the snow risk will move southwards into northern England through Monday and Tuesday.

“There will be a good covering of snow, especially on high ground.

“Temperatures will drop all across the UK, not just in Scotland.”

The UK is set to endure the coldest February in ten years.

Bookmakers Coral have cut odds to 5-4 for this month to be the coldest February.

And it is now evens for this to finish as the coldest winter on record.

Severe weather warnings for snow, ice, and rain are in place until next Monday, with up to 20 inches of snow set to fall in Scotland later this week.

This means snow may lead to disruption to travel in places, especially on routes over high ground.

A heavy deluge, with some snow melt at first, will probably lead to some flooding and travel disruption.

And later this week the Arctic blast will move south, according to the Met Office.

FLOODS AND TORRENTS

Deputy Chief Meteorologist, Mark Sidaway, said: “Into the weekend snow will continue across much of Scotland, and is likely to increasingly fall to low levels before beginning to move south into northern and eastern England.”

“We are likely to see some very large accumulations across higher parts of Scotland especially, with strong winds leading to significant drifting and blizzard conditions at times.”

Tomorrow, there are five yellow weather warnings in place - bringing snow and rain to the majority of northern England, Northern Ireland, and Scotland.

Over the weekend, an amber severe warning has been issued by the Met Office as snowfall becomes persistent in Scotland.

Communities might be cut off for several days and roads may become blocked by deep snow, with many stranded vehicles and passengers.

Long interruptions to power supplies and other services, such as gas, water, telephone and mobile phone coverage could also occur.

Some high ground in Scotland, exposed to strong easterly winds, could see as much as 50 cm of snowfall building up by Saturday evening.

Last week in the same city, two men involved in organising a massive snowball fight were given £10,000 fines for a "blatant breach" of coronavirus lockdown rules.

Dozens of people were seen throwing snowballs at each other as crowds of people flocked to Hyde Park in  on January 14.

On Wednesday George Clooney's mansion in Berkshire was surrounded by floods - as torrential rain and snow continues lashed the country.