Nearly every part of the country has been issued one or several yellow weather warning by the Met Office for between Monday and Thursday, where conditions will be severe. The forecast spells a turbulent New Years’ Eve for many as the bad weather is set to travel southwards across the country between December 31 and January 1.

The Met Office has issued a three-day yellow weather warning for snow across most of England and parts of Scotland this weekend, with rural communities set to be cut off

A Met Office forecast for today said: "A wet and windy New Year's Day for much of England and Wales, but turning drier later in the day. Colder for Northern Ireland and Scotland, with a mix of sunshine and wintry showers gradually spreading south.” It added that tonight rain my clear but that adverse weather would be likely to stick around.