UK weather: Brits to be battered by 75mph gale force winds as Met Office warns snow to spark travel chaos

BRITS can expect to receive a battering from 75mph gale force winds as warnings are also in place with snow expected to usher in travel chaos.

The Met Office currently has a yellow weather warning for most of the daylight hours on Sunday as the Shetland Islands can expect strong winds and northern Scotland will see a covering  of snow and ice.

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Brits could be hit with travel chaos due to the snow forecast, as seen here in Essex earlier this month[/caption]

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The Met Office’s yellow weather warning for Sunday[/caption]

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The Shetland Islands could see gale force winds hitting 75mph[/caption]

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Yellow weather warnings for snow and ice are in place for Northern Scotland and Northern Iceland on Monday[/caption]

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Drivers in Killhope, County Durham, faced snowy conditions and icy roads on January 10[/caption]

The warning is in place between 10am and 4pm.

A post on X, formerly Twitter, by the Met Office warned: “Strong winds across Shetland.”

It added: “Strong winds combined with wintry showers to bring some disruption.

“Gusts of 55-65mph likely. Isolated gusts of 70-75mph.”

On Monday, the same area is also under a yellow weather warning for snow and ice but also all of Northern Ireland is also affected.

The warning states: “Showers, increasingly falling as snow, bringing some disruption to parts of Northern Ireland.

“Some roads and railways likely to be affected with longer journey times by road, bus and train services.

“Probably some icy patches on some untreated roads, pavements and cycle paths. Some injuries from slips and falls on icy surfaces.”

Overnight on Saturday though, cloud and patchy rain will continue to slowly move southwards, spreading across Wales and central England.

Clearer spells and wintry showers will follow on behind though, making it feel cold with icy stretches and winds strengthening.

Into Sunday, and it is forecast to be cloudier in the south along with some outbreaks of rain.

Elsewhere, it will be colder with sunny spells mixed in with wintry showers, mostly along coastal areas and in Scotland which will see a brisk northerly wind developing.

Looking ahead to the early part of the working week, it will remain cold with sunny spells and wintry showers.

Overnight, there will be frost and ice forming for most areas.

“Significant snow” is possible for northern areas on Tuesday, the Met Office said.

There could be some snow in the south on Wednesday but the forecaster said this was less likely.

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This gorgeous pup at Cissbury Ring in West Sussex was sensibly dressed for the cold temperatures on January 9[/caption]

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Kent also saw some heavy snow showers last week[/caption]

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A policeman braves the snowy conditions on January 8 while on duty in London[/caption]