There is a yellow weather warning for Merseyside and various other parts of the UK

The Met Office has issued weather warnings for snow, wind and rain for New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day across the UK. The Met Office said it is predicting a “distinctly unsettled” transition between 2024 and 2025.

Recent high pressure to dominate the UK forecast has brought largely overcast conditions, low cloud and fog for many parts of the UK, including Liverpool. Tony Wisson, Deputy Chief Meteorologist., said: “Later in the week, wintry showers are likely to be a feature of the forecast as a cold northerly flow becomes established.”

On X, formerly Twitter, the Met Office said: “We will see several spells of strong winds over the coming days. Northern areas are likely to see the strongest winds on Monday and New Year’s Eve, with central and southern areas seeing the strongest winds on New Year’s Day.”

When it comes to Merseyside, yellow weather warnings for wind are in place on January 1 and January 2. Warnings for both days said: “very strong winds” are expected to lead to some disruption.

The Met Office said: “A deep area of low pressure is expected to cross the UK from the west, bringing a spell of very strong winds. Gusts of 65-75 mph are likely around coasts and hills, especially in the south and west, with 50-60 mph gusts likely fairly widely inland.”

A yellow weather warning is also in place for rain across Wales on January 1. The Met Office said heavy rain “is likely to lead to some disruption on New Year’s Day” there.

Among the area affected by the snow yellow warning on January 1 and 2 is Manchester and Lancashire. The Met Office said “heavy and persistent snow” may bring disruption on Wednesday and Wednesday night.

The Met Office also shared more information on what the rest of the UK can expect in the coming days. Neil Armstrong, Met Office Chief Forecaster said: “From Sunday we will start to see some heavy rain affecting northwestern parts of Scotland.

“After a brief respite, further rain and strong winds will be in place on Monday and Tuesday across Scotland, as another area of low-pressure approaches. This may be accompanied by some heavy snowfall in the mountains and perhaps to lower elevations.”

A Yellow NSSWS warning for rain and snow, and a further one for wind across the Pennines are already in place for Monday and Tuesday, and more warnings are likely to be issued as confidence increases. The complex nature of the forecast means that certainty about the track of any area of low pressure and their associated weather fronts is currently low, but confidence will build in the coming days.

From New Year’s Day the unsettled conditions, and potentially disruptive wind, rain and snow, could affect more southern parts of the UK. Neil Armstrong added: “With such varied and potentially fast-moving weather conditions it is important for people to keep up to date with the forecast.”