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| Snow forecast to further delay UK spring | Snow forecast to further delay UK spring |
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| Much of Britain faces a white weekend with widespread snowstorms and strong winds expected to dash springtime plans. | |
| The arrival of around 8cm of snow from Friday night is likely to affect most of England, Scotland and Wales, with only the southern coastal counties and parts of Lincolnshire and East Anglia expected to be spared. | The arrival of around 8cm of snow from Friday night is likely to affect most of England, Scotland and Wales, with only the southern coastal counties and parts of Lincolnshire and East Anglia expected to be spared. |
| The snow will be accompanied by strong winds of up to 65mph in Scotland, 60mph in Wales and 50mph in central England. | The snow will be accompanied by strong winds of up to 65mph in Scotland, 60mph in Wales and 50mph in central England. |
| Together with low temperatures hovering around 4C, it continues a miserable March. | Together with low temperatures hovering around 4C, it continues a miserable March. |
| Before the snow arrives, south-west England and Wales are due to experience flooding on Thursday caused by heavy, persistent rain. It will turn to light snow when it reaches northern Wales and northern England on Thursday night and hit Scotland by Friday morning. | Before the snow arrives, south-west England and Wales are due to experience flooding on Thursday caused by heavy, persistent rain. It will turn to light snow when it reaches northern Wales and northern England on Thursday night and hit Scotland by Friday morning. |
| Sally Webb, a weather forecaster for MeteoGroup, the weather division of the Press Association, said the outlook for the next few days was bleak. | Sally Webb, a weather forecaster for MeteoGroup, the weather division of the Press Association, said the outlook for the next few days was bleak. |
| She said there could be more than 30mm of rain before it moved north-east and turned to snow, which could result in falls of around 3cm in north Wales and England. | She said there could be more than 30mm of rain before it moved north-east and turned to snow, which could result in falls of around 3cm in north Wales and England. |
| "It will arrive in Scotland by dawn tomorrow which could see up to 8cm in high grounds. Elsewhere, Britain will see scattered snow, sleet and rain but nothing significant until Friday night. | "It will arrive in Scotland by dawn tomorrow which could see up to 8cm in high grounds. Elsewhere, Britain will see scattered snow, sleet and rain but nothing significant until Friday night. |
| "Between 1cm and 4cm will fall quite widely across England, Wales and Scotland. More snow across Saturday and Sunday will see up to a further 8cm." | "Between 1cm and 4cm will fall quite widely across England, Wales and Scotland. More snow across Saturday and Sunday will see up to a further 8cm." |