Hour-by-hour snow maps as UK faces mega 11-hour long Met Office weather warnings
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New weather maps show where snow will fall across the country as the Met Office issues weather warnings for vast swathes of the country. The agency has issued four yellow weather warnings for all four UK nations with Brits warned to expect delays and icy conditions on roads and pavements. Brits have been warned that bus and train journeys are expected to be longer than normal and to be mindful of icy patches when walking to avoid injury.
A yellow snow and ice weather warning is in place from 12pm today until 11:59pm tonight for northern Scotland from the central Highlands up toward the Shetland Islands. The Met Office said: "Sleet and snow showers will continue for the rest of Wednesday and Thursday, before dying out by the end of Thursday evening.
"Northwest Scotland and the Northern and Western Isles will see the most frequent showers on Wednesday, before extending to the Northeast on Thursday. Further accumulations of 3-7 cm are expected to low levels, with 10-15 cm possible above 150 metres. Where any modest daytime thaw has occurred, icy stretches are likely on untreated surfaces.".
It comes as Ventusky reports the northern areas of the Scottish Highlands could see between 8cm to 24cm of snow today. Between 15cm and 10cm of snow is expected in the Pennines region of northern England as well. Snow and Ice warnings are in place for Northern Ireland, Cornwall and western and northern Wales and are set to end at 11am today. The warnings come after the UK was battered by heavy snowfall across many parts of the country following the relatively mild festive period.
