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UK weather: More snow brings 'nasty' travel conditions | |
(about 11 hours later) | |
Heavy snow, ice and winds are expected to cause "nasty" travel conditions in parts of the UK. | |
The temperature plunged to -12C at Loch Glascarnoch in the Scottish Highlands overnight. | |
The Met Office has issued an amber warning for snow in northern England for Friday morning, with heavy snow predicted around the southern Pennines. | |
The RAC said driving conditions would be very difficult, if not impossible, in the worst-affected areas. | |
Highways England urged people to plan their journeys, monitor weather reports and pack a snow kit of blankets, food, water and a shovel if they really needed to travel. | |
A wider yellow warning for snow is also in place for Northern Ireland, the northern half of England and southern Scotland. | |
Meanwhile in parts of south Wales and south west England - where weather will be wetter and milder - a yellow warning for wind is in place. | |
Gusts of 50 mph are likely in these rainier parts, with gusts up to 70mph possible in the most exposed coastal areas, the Met Office said. | |
A yellow warning for ice on Friday has also been issued for large parts of England, northern Scotland and Northern Ireland. | |
Met Office forecaster Charles Powell said disruption was likely, because of the "pretty nasty travel conditions". | |
Snowfall of 5-10cm is expected in parts of northern England, with up to 15cm possible over higher ground. | Snowfall of 5-10cm is expected in parts of northern England, with up to 15cm possible over higher ground. |
Friday's amber snow warning is in place until 11:00 GMT. | |
The Met Office said delays to road, rail and air travel were "likely" and warned of possible power cuts. | |
A number of ferry crossings from Plymouth and Portsmouth have been cancelled because of bad weather. | |
And an Aurigny Air Services flight from Guernsey to Manchester was hit by lightning as it approached the Isle of Wight on Friday morning. | |
It lost some of its electrics and declared an emergency over the English Channel, before safely returning to Guernsey. | |
Flight schedules have returned to normal at Stansted Airport, after hundreds of passengers were stranded following snow on Wednesday. | |
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