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

BRITS have been warned to expect 75mph gale force winds with snow expected to spark travel chaos.

The Met Office currently has a yellow weather warning in place for Sunday with the Shetland Islands warned to expect strong winds.

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Northern Scotland will see a covering  of snow and ice, with the warning 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.”

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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.”

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Overnight on Saturday, 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, 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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