SNOW could fall in Worcestershire as the Met Office issues a weather warning for high winds across the county.

A yellow warning for wind is in place for the county from Friday at 9pm to Saturday at 3pm with a slight chance it may bring snowfall with it.

A swathe of gale force north to northwesterly winds, accompanied by a band of rain and snow, will move south across much of central and southern Britain on Friday night and Saturday.

Wind gusts up to 60mph are likely, with a lower likelihood of 60 to 70 mph gusts, though in any one area, the strongest winds will last for only a few hours clearing last from southeastern areas of England.

There is a chance that some of the snow may settle, more likely over some of the high ground, but the Met Office has said there is a possibility of temporary settling snow even at low levels.

The worst affected areas may see a few centimeters but at the moment it looks as if most places will see little if any lying snow.

People are also warned that on Saturday morning, ice will be an additional hazard, particularly for higher level routes.

They warned that there would be the likelihood of some difficult driving conditions and possible travel disruption.

Earlier this week, Worcestershire took a battering from Storm Barney with gales bringing down trees and fences.

The chief forecaster said: " A major (but temporary) change of weather type will see the winds swing into a more northerly direction, pulling down much colder air across the whole of Britain and western Europe, after what has been an exceptionally mild first half of November.

"Wintry showers will spread to many northern areas in particular and night frosts will become much more widespread.

"Within this northerly flow, a small but quite active low pressure system is expected to develop and transfer south bringing more widespread wintry conditions and gale force winds " In the area covered by this warning, it is the winds that are currently judged to be more likely to produce some impacts, particularly given the northerly direction.

"At present details of both wind strengths and snow amounts are uncertain, and so look out for updates to this warning."