UK weather: Storm Nelson batters the country with map showing where 70mph winds, heavy rain, hail...

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The UK overnight low was -4.9C at the Cairngorm summit in the Highlands, while temperatures in cities including Newcastle and Inverness fell to 0C . Ventusky Privacy Policy Snow covers a car parked in the village of Pontrhydfendigaid in Mid Wales this morningA vehicle is driven through a water-logged lane at Dunsden in Oxfordshire this morning The weather system has been named Storm Nelson by Spanish meteorologists in what could be seen as an ironic gesture about Britain's victorious vice admiral as it heads for our shores.

Describing the weather, the Met Office said: 'A deep area of low pressure will bring a spell of very windy weather to parts of southwest and then southern England on Thursday. Further north, a separate band of cloud and showery rain will bring damp conditions before clearing this afternoon - followed by more rain later as Nelson moves north-eastwards.

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