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More snow, ice and rain is on its way to the UK as the country continues to face weather warnings over the weekend.
Yellow weather warnings for snow and ice will continue across most of Scotland on Friday and Saturday with the Met Office urging people to be cautious.
It comes as about 10cm of snow was measured by the Met Office in Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland, on Thursday, while 9cm was recorded in West Yorkshire.
Dozens of schools were forced to shut due to the adverse weather conditions, with several closures continuing in Yorkshire on Friday.
A total of 43.2mm of rainfall was measured in Harbertonford, South Devon, almost half of the average the area usually gets in February, and rain is forecasted for much of the country on Friday.
Dan Stroud, Met Office operational meteorologist, said: “We’ve had the worst of it but it’s still not completely clear. Where we have falling snow we see there is a risk of a few icy patches on roads.
“The focus is probably starting to shift more towards ice, people should still be cautious.”
Latest weather pictures
Heavy snow in Allenheads, Northumberland
People walk their dog through a snow covered park in Buxton
People walk past a puddle as they walk along the Southbank in the rain
Jogger runs through snow in Knaresborough, in North Yorkshire
Today’s weather forecast
Good morning and here is the Met Office’s latest weather forecast for Friday:
Wintry showers continuing in the far north, with a band of rain and mainly hill snow across central areas moving northwards through the day. Cloudier in the south with some showers, these locally heavy. Mild in the south, colder elsewhere.
Rain and hill snow persisting across north and east Scotland. Elsewhere, patchy cloudy with some showers or longer spells of rain. Fog patches may develop underneath the clearest spells.
Weather warnings continue
Several weather warnings are expected to remain in place going into the weekend as more rain, snow and ice are predicted to wreak havoc on the UK.
Two yellow weather warnings for snow and ice will continue across most of Scotland on Friday and Saturday until 6pm with the Met Office urging people to be cautious.
The warning comes with a chance of power cuts, ice-related injuries and travel delays.
Much of wider Britain is expecting more heavy rain with hundreds of flood alerts in place for Friday.
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