A flooding risk remains for England with the Environment Agency imposing 22 alerts and three warnings, while the Met Office has warned Scotland could see 65mph winds and up to 4in of rain.

Strong winds will hit the country as a deep area of low pressure crosses the UK from the west on Sunday and Monday, bringing gusts of up to 80mph around Irish coasts and 70mph to England.

Festive revellers flocked to Leeds city centre last night and battled against wind and rain from Storm Atiyah. Partygoers were seen dressed in full Christmas garb, including a Christmas tree.

The 100mph weather bomb Storm Brendan is set to batter the country this week in what could be the second storm to strike in three days as Britons prepare to head to the polls.

Temperatures today and tomorrow could reach highs of 14-15C (57-59F), figures not normally achieved until April or May. The warmest places are likely to be parts of North Wales and the North-East.

The past decade in the UK was the second hottest in the past 100 years and set eight high-temperature records, figures revealed last night, only slightly behind 2000 to 2009.

Strong gusts hit North East England and western Scotland today as ferries remained tied up in port due to the giant waves, meaning some islands could be cut off until the end of the week.

The Met Office issued a weather warning for today, running from 3am to 6pm, covering Snowdonia, the Pennines and the North East. The strong winds could lead to potential power cuts.

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Freezing temperatures of less that -7C are expected to sweep across the UK after the high pressure which brought widespread mist and frost, gives way to freezing fog patches across parts of England.

The Met Office said dense patches of fog were causing visibility to drop to under 300ft (100m) in some areas across southern England, after temperatures fell to -4C (25F) overnight.

The Met Office has warned of 'disruptive weather' ahead, caused by low pressure steering in by the jet stream. Heavy snow is set to hit Scotland and northern England amid torrential downpours.

Ice patches are expected to form across northern Britain tonight. A light dusting of snow may also fall on north-west England, Exmoor, Dartmoor and the Welsh hills, forecasters have warned.

The cold is set to creep in from early next week and northern and eastern areas of the UK are likely to experience wintry showers and some snowfall.

Figures released today show that temperatures across the United Kingdom this month have been between 0.5C to 2C above average.

Windsurfer Tom Bridge, 18, (pictured) captured the footage of himself being dragged up into the stormy skies by his kite in 80 mph winds off the coast of Exmouth in Devon on Sunday.

The phallic shape of the amber weather warning issued for Wales by the Met Office due to Storm Dennis raised a few eyebrows among BBC Breakfast viewers this morning.

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Communities battered by torrential wind and rain are warned that a tiny amount of rainfall could cause further flooding as Britain is hammered by terrible weather for the third weekend in a row.

The Met Office has warned a month's worth of rain could fall across an already soaked Wales today as yet another wave of torrential rain moves over the country. Pictured: Worcester.

More than 300 schools were shut for safety reasons today with forecasters warning up to four inches could fall over parts of northern England, Scotland Northern Ireland this week.

Large parts of Shropshire are already underwater, with many access roads closed, and things could get worse with the river due to peak tonight amid further heavy rain in the Welsh mountains.

Met Office forecasters are warning of up to four inches of snow from the Shetland Islands down to Nottingham and across to Northern Ireland this evening. Pictured: Derbyshire snow today.

Londoners bemoaned the 'pathetic' flakes that fell for just a few minutes this morning before joking that the city would still fall to its knees regardless - paralysed by the smallest bit of bad weather.

Met Office forecasters warned of up to four inches of snow from the Shetland Islands down to Nottingham and across to Northern Ireland overnight.

More than 170 Environment Agency flood alerts or warnings are still in place for England with further rain and hill snow on the way for some areas after temperatures fell to -3C (27F).

Kevin Lorryman's home is just one of dozens in the East Yorkshire communities of Snaith and East Cowick which were inundated a week ago when the River Aire spilled out of its washlands.

136 flood alerts have been put in place - mostly in the South - while the north has large yellow rain warnings for today before some respite on Sunday.

The atrocious weather shows little signs of abating, with Brits suffering a fifth consecutive wet weekend. Some areas will three to four inches of rain in heavy downpours and winds up to 50mph.

The Met Office has imposed consecutive weather warnings for fog, snow, wind and rain beginning today and not letting up until Tuesday lunchtime for parts of Britain.

Heavy rain will fall over Wales and North West England between 3pm today and 12pm tomorrow with homes likely to be flooded in Mid Wales between 6pm tonight and 10am tomorrow.

Temperatures will rise as high as 15 or 16C in the south on Tuesday. It will feel markedly like spring although it will be colder in the north.

The UK faces much-needed warm and lovely sunny weather this weekend after a -6C chill tonight, as the country sinks into a gloom amid the raging coronavirus crisis (St Anne's Beach).

Snow is expected to hit parts of the UK while temperatures plummet to -8C in mini 'Beast from the East' set to batter lockdown Britain until next week (pictured, snow settling in Co Durham).

Temperatures are set to rocket across the UK on Sunday and could hit up to 68F, but Britons will have to sunbathe from their back garden as the nation remains on lockdown amid the coronavirus crisis.

A 2,000 mile-wide 'high pressure bubble' will see temperatures climb in Britain from 68F (20C) on Monday to 73F (23C) by Thursday, which would make the UK hotter than Essaouira, Morocco.

The Met Office said the 'unsettled' theme will likely last into the beginning of May, becoming more 'settled' into the second week, May 11 onward, with 'mixed' conditions until the end of the month.

London's parks were filled with groups of sunbathers and other revellers on Friday as the bank holiday sunshine saw the public flout lockdown rules once again. In Clapham (pictured) groups were seen gathering.

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