Snow warnings are in place across the UK this weekend (Image: Met Office)
The Met Office has issued fresh weather alerts for snow.
The yellow are in place for 29 hours this weekend, between 4am on Saturday until 9am on Sunday, with the forecaster predicting up to 40cm of snow in parts of the country.
It comes after parts of England and Scotland saw snow this week, with chaos on the roads and railways on Tuesday.
warnings before another cold snap hits this weekend.
The first warning for rain and snow spans 4am on Saturday until Sunday at 9am, spanning Central, Tayside & Fife, East Midlands, Grampian, Highlands & Eilean Siar, North East England, North West England, SW Scotland, Lothian Borders, Strathclyde, West Midlands and Yorkshire & Humber.
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New weather maps show rain and snow battering Britain on Saturday (Image: WXCharts)
Up to 40cm could fall on higher ground (Image: WXCharts)
The second rain warning covers South West England and will be in place from 6am on Saturday until 6am on Sunday.
The warns that there could be ‘power cuts’ in parts of the country, as well as a small chance of floods and subsequent disruption to transport networks.
A spokesperson for the said: “Outbreaks of rain will spread northeastwards on Saturday, preceded by a spell of snow across parts of northern England and Scotland.
“Whilst snow will become increasingly confined to higher elevations with time, there is the chance of a transient period of snow to low levels in some areas, with perhaps as much as 5-10 cm accumulating in places, especially the Vale of York, before turning back to rain. Temporary snow accumulations of 10-20 cm are possible on ground above 150m, with perhaps as much as 20-40 cm above 300m.”
The warnings span 4am on Saturday to 9am on Sunday (Image: WXCharts)
Full list of areas hit by Met Office warning
Yellow weather warning for rain and snow between 4am Saturday, November 23 to 9am Sunday, November 24:
Central, Tayside & Fife
- Angus
- Clackmannanshire
- Falkirk
- Fife
- Perth and Kinross
- Stirling
East Midlands
- Derby
- Derbyshire
- Nottingham
- Nottinghamshire
Grampian
- Aberdeenshire
- Moray
Highlands & Eilean Siar
- Highland
North East England
- Darlington
- Durham
- Gateshead
- Hartlepool
- Middlesbrough
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Northumberland
- Redcar and Cleveland
- Stockton-on-Tees
- Sunderland
North West England
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Cheshire East
- Cumbria
- Greater Manchester
- Lancashire
SW Scotland, Lothian Borders
- Dumfries and Galloway
- East Lothian
- Edinburgh
- Midlothian Council
- Scottish Borders
- West Lothian
Strathclyde
- Argyll and Bute
- East Ayrshire
- East Dunbartonshire
- East Renfrewshire
- Glasgow
- Inverclyde
- North Ayrshire
- North Lanarkshire
- Renfrewshire
- South Ayrshire
- South Lanarkshire
- West Dunbartonshire
West Midlands
- Staffordshire
- Stoke-on-Trent
Yorkshire & Humber
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- North Yorkshire
- South Yorkshire
- West Yorkshire
- York
Yellow weather warning for rain from 6am on Saturday to 6am on Sunday:
South West England
- Cornwall
- Devon
- Plymouth
- Torbay.