Met Office snow warning extended by more than 24 hours for Highlands and Moray

An energetic yellow climate warning for snow and ice has been prolonged into Thursday.

The Met Workplace yellow alert for snow and ice had been as a consequence of finish at 10am on Wednesday.

However following disruptive in a single day snow and ice in lots of elements of the north, and with additional snow showers anticipated, a follow-on warning will now run from 10am at this time till noon tomorrow.

Commenting in regards to the new warning, a Met Workplace spokesperson mentioned: “Snow showers will have an effect on many northern and western areas of Scotland by way of Wednesday and in a single day into Thursday.

“The showers shall be frequent at instances and might also be accompanied by hail. Snow accumulations are more likely to attain two to 5 centimetres pretty broadly with as much as 10 centimetres in some areas, particularly northwestern elements of the mainland.

“Over excessive floor, above about 300 metres, 15 to twenty cm may accumulate on this time interval. Ice will shall be a further hazard, forming readily on untreated surfaces (significantly after darkish).”

The brand new warning space covers lots of the identical places as the prevailing alert.

It covers Caithness, Sutherland, Ross-shire, Inverness-shire, Nairn-shire, Moray and northern Aberdeenshire. It additionally extends throughout Shetland, Orkney, the entire Internal and Outer Hebrides, Lochaber, and Argyll & Bute.

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