UK households urged to ensure eight items are in kitchen cupboard by Friday

UK households have been warned to ensure a string of items are in their fridges and cupboards amid the prospect of snowfall returning to the country this weekend. Friday and Saturday could see snowfall return, according to WX Charts.

Ahead of fresh flurries, Direct Energy has urged households to consider buying bread, milk, tinned goods, bottled water, non-perishable snacks, dried pasta, jars of sauce, and cereal. The firm said: “After heavy snowfall or blizzard conditions, you could find yourself snowed in for days. Getting cut off from your local grocery store could be made worse by a prolonged power outage, which would leave you with just a few hours to enjoy the remaining contents of your fridge safely.

“But if you stock your pantry with filling shelf-stable foods, you won't go hungry while waiting for the snow to be cleared.” The BBC Weather team explained: "In view of an ongoing, active North Atlantic pattern, it is likely that further low-pressure systems affect parts of the UK, along with the ongoing risk of heavier wintry precipitation.

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"However, another deepening and perhaps intense low pressure system is forecast to move just south of the UK and later into western continental Europe. The effects in southern parts of England should be less severe, with perhaps stronger winds and heavy precipitation - some of it wintry.

After the passage of a weak high pressure ridge on Friday, a new and quite intense low pressure system may approach and move in towards the weekend, albeit with a quite milder and increasingly strong south to south-westerly flow.

"The latter could lead to disruptive conditions, such as an increased risk of heavy snowfall followed by potential freezing rain during the transition period, along with very strong and gusty winds across much of the board.

"The cold front associated with this deep low near Scotland could slowly move in on Sunday, leading to a renewed drop in temperatures."