The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for snow in Yorkshire, predicting up to 45 hours of snowfall from Saturday midday to Monday morning. Heavy snowfall may cause power cuts, affect mobile phone signals, and isolate rural communities. Vehicles are also likely to become stranded.
The Met Office has warned that people in Yorkshire face the risk of power cuts with rural villages also likely to be left isolated as the region faces the threat of 45 hours of snowfall. A yellow weather warning for snow has been issued for the whole of Yorkshire with it running from midday on Saturday to 9am on Monday. It comes after the region was battered by high winds and severe rainfall which brought flooding to large parts of the area.
The Met Office says heavy snowfall may cause some disruption warning that there is a chance power cuts could happen and this could also affect mobile phone signals. They have also said some rural communities could become cut off and vehicles are likely to become stranded. In a statement they said: 'Outbreaks of rain spreading northeastwards 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 as to how far north this may spread, and how long any snow will last, significant accumulations of snow 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 20-30 cm over high ground of Wales and/or the Pennines. This, accompanied by strengthening winds, may lead to drifting of lying snow. Get all the latest and breaking news in Yorkshire by signing up to our newsletter here. '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 rai
SNOWFALL POWER CUTS ISOLATION YORKSHIRE MET OFFICE
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