The Met Office has issued a 45-hour snow warning for the West Midlands, including Coventry. A yellow weather warning for ‘heavy snow’ has been issued, which may cause disruption this weekend across large parts of the UK.
The heavy snow weather warning is in place from midday on Saturday, January 4 to 9am on Monday, January 6 with a ‘small chance’ of power cuts and a chance of travel delays on roads, as well as delayed or cancelled rail and air travel.
The warning is in force across the West Midlands, including Birmingham and Solihull. The warning also covers most of the UK, all of Wales and Scotland.
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The full forecast from the Met Office states: “Outbreaks of rain spreading north eastwards later on Saturday and overnight into Sunday will likely be preceded by a spell of snow on its northern flank. Whilst there is a fair bit of uncertainty about how far north this may spread and how long any snow will last, significant snow accumulations are possible, especially (but not exclusively) on hills.
“Currently, parts of the Midlands, Wales, and northern England are most at risk of disruption, where 5cm or more could accumulate fairly widely, with perhaps as much as 20 to 30 cm over the high ground of Wales and/or the Pennines. This, accompanied by strengthening winds, may lead to drifting of lying snow.
“In addition, as milder air attempts to move northwards into southern and central areas, snow may turn to a spell of freezing rain for a time, adding to the risk of ice. If milder air is able to spread more bodily northwards, any snow in southern parts of the warning area may be relatively short-lived before turning to rain.”