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Overnight into Friday an area of rain, sleet and snow will spread through Northern Ireland, Wales, parts of North-West England, the Midlands and southern England.<\/p>\n
A Met Office yellow warning has been issued for large parts of England and Wales from midnight on Friday until 12:00 GMT on 2 January.<\/p>\n
A separate yellow warning is in place for Northern Ireland between midnight and 10am on Friday,<\/p>\n
Snowfall may last a couple of hours, with 1-2cm possible at low levels and up to 5cm of snow over the higher ground of Wales and the southern Pennines so new year travel disruption is possible.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile the frequent snow showers will continue in northern Scotland right through until the weekend.<\/p>\n
Strong winds on Saturday will bring blizzards and drifts of snow with the north-west Highlands and Grampians perhaps seeing as much as 60cm of snow by the end of the weekend.<\/p>\n
An additional Met Office yellow warning is in force for northern and western Scotland covering the whole weekend.<\/p>\n
Temperatures will be around 3-5C at best with some parts of Scotland and northern England experiencing ‘ice-days’ where temperatures won’t rise above freezing.<\/p>\n
These low temperatures with widespread overnight frosts are expected to continue well into next week.<\/p>\n