The second named storm of the season, Bert, is hurtling towards the UK with a weekend of bitter weather in store.
Snow, heavy rain, and 70mph winds are expected in various parts of the country from Saturday morning.
Yellow warnings for snow, rain and wind will be in place from 4am tomorrow until at least 9am on Sunday across western and northern England, Wales and Scotland, with amber alerts in parts of Scotland.
The live weather tracker from windy.com below shows weather formations in real-time.
Set by default to visualise winds, the map on Friday morning showed Storm Bert’s fronts forming over the Atlantic, roughly half way between Cornwall and Newfoundland.
The map can also be used to show forecasted developments, with a cyclone-like formation forming west of Ireland overnight and heading eastwards towards the UK.
Storm Bert’s tails are due to hit Ireland around midnight before making landfall in Britain in the early hours on Saturday.
The storm will push in a northeastern direction, clearing the UK by Monday morning.
Up to 75mm of rainfall is expected in the south and west over the weekend, while Wales and southwest England could receive up to 100mm, forecasters said.
However temperatures are expected to rise significantly as milder air blows in.
It follows freezing temperatures over the week, with yellow warnings for snow and ice in place across the UK until late on Friday morning.
Met Office Deputy Chief Meteorologist Dan Holley said: ‘Storm Bert marks a shift to much milder air and wintry hazards will gradually diminish through the weekend, but heavy snowfall is expected across parts of northern England and Scotland for a time on Saturday, especially over higher ground, and warnings are in place.
‘Heavy rain through Saturday and Sunday, especially in southern and western parts of the UK, will also bring impacts for some with a number of warnings in place. We expect 50-75 mm of rainfall quite widely within the warning areas, but in excess of 100 mm is possible over high ground in parts of Wales and southwest England.”
‘In addition, rapid melting of lying snow over the weekend and periods of strong winds are likely to exacerbate impacts and bring the potential for travel disruption, as well as flooding for some.’
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