Snow And Ice Warning For Rush Hour Commuters

Large parts of Wales, England and Scotland are on alert for snow and ice over the coming days as another cold blast from the Atlantic sweeps in.

The Met Office has issued yellow - be aware - warnings for today, Friday and Saturday.

Wintry rain and sleet showers are expected to turn to snow during Thursday night into Friday.

And commuters are being warned of the "potential for difficult driving conditions and for some travel disruption" during the Friday evening rush hour and overnight into Saturday morning as temperatures plunge to below freezing under clearer skies causing icy conditions.

The Met Office warned: "As this front clears south through the evening there is potential for widespread black ice to form quickly on road surfaces and pavements."

Sky News Weather Presenter Nazaneen Ghaffar said: "By Thursday evening rain already across much of Ireland will also reach western parts of Britain.

"Through Thursday night it will spread eastwards, bringing fairly widespread and significant snow to northern England and the north of Wales.

"There shouldn't be too much snow to low levels, but on the high ground above 200m there could be up to 5cm (2 inches) and above 300m up to 10cm (4 inches) of snow.

"On Friday the outbreaks of rain, sleet and snow will slowly push southwards towards the Midlands, central and southern England and Wales.

"Again the snow will be mostly confined to the high ground where up to 2cm (nearly an inch) is expected and to lower levels rain and sleet is more likely, but perhaps some spells of snow are possible.

"As the wintry outbreaks clear south through Friday evening, there could be black ice forming by Saturday morning on untreated roads and pavements of central and southern parts of England and Wales."

The warnings come after Storm Jake brought 77mph winds and snow to the country on Wednesday.