After many parts of Devon saw a sprinkling of snow overnight, forecasters are now warning strong winds and heavy rain are heading our way.
Gusts of up to 50-65mph are predicted across Devon reaching 75mph on the coasts.
A Met Office spokesman said: "Another Atlantic low pressure system is expected to deepen significantly as it tracks towards the UK. The strongest winds will initially be across England and Wales during the second half of Wednesday into early Thursday before moderating. This may also lead to large waves on some coasts of Wales and southern England."
Provisional full year figures for 2014 show it is the UK's warmest and fourth wettest year in records dating back to 1910.
It is also the warmest year on record in the Central England Temperature series, which dates back to 1659 and is the world's longest running instrumental temperature series.
The UK's mean temperature for the year is 9.9 °C, which is 1.1 °C above the long-term (1981-2010) average and beats the previous record of 9.7 °C set in 2006.
This year's record means that eight of the UK's top ten warmest years have happened since 2002.
The Met Office has been named one of the most sustainable public sector organisations in the UK.
The Exeter-based agency has won a platinum award for sustainability at the Public Sector Estate Management awards ceremony.
Met Office facilities manager, Chris Richards, also scooped the title Sustainability Manager of the Year.
The awards follow the implementation of a number of steps aimed at making the Met Office greener and more environmentally friendly. They include a water recapture scheme which saw a 47% increase in recycled water use (this has increased by 180%...
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A weather warning of ice has been issued for parts of Devon as temperatures are set to drop tonight.
The Met Office said ice is likely to form on untreated surfaces during Friday night and early Saturday morning, particularly where showers have occurred during Friday. The showers will fall as sleet or snow over hills and to low levels in the north.
People are advised to take extra care.
The warning is valid from 5pm until 11am tomorrow.
A chief forecaster said: “A band of rain, with hill snow, will move south across northern and central parts of the UK...
Weather experts were today tracking the route of a 'Weather Bomb' which is headed for Britain.
The South West was placed on a Yellow Alert for Friday as gusts of up to 70 mph were predicted.
The Met Office said an area of low pressure has the potential to develop in the mid-Atlantic and then run quickly east northeast across the northern half of the UK during the first half of Friday.
To the south of this low pressure centre, gales, or severe gales are likely to develop, with gusts in excess of 50 mph quite widely in the warning area.
The Met Office has issued a severe weather warning for the end of this week as severe gales and heavy rain are set to hit the region.
A yellow warning of wind is in place for Friday, from the early hours of the morning, valid until noon.
A spokesman for the Met Office said: “There is the potential for gales, or local severe gales, to develop across much of England and Wales during the first half of Friday, before easing by early afternoon.
“A band of heavy rain will accompany the low pressure system, this pushing quickly east through the day.
Early figures from the Met Office show 2014 is on course to be one of, if not the warmest, year on record both globally and for the UK.
Recent Met Office research also suggests breaking the existing global and UK temperature records is much more likely due to human influence on the climate.
The global mean temperature for January to October based on the HadCRUT4 dataset (compiled by the Met Office and the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit) is 0.57 °C (+/- 0.1) above the long-term (1961-1990) average. This is consistent with the statement from the World...
