New weather warning for ice issued across Scotland
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The Met Office has extended a yellow weather warning for ice to cover the whole of Scotland. The warning begins at 4pm on New Year’s Day and ends at 10am on Thursday, and covers the west coast and south of Scotland, as well as the north east of England and close to Birmingham.
The new warning is in addition to a yellow weather warning for snow and ice, which covers the Highlands and Grampian regions. Flood warnings from the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) have been downgraded, with 25 remaining – reduced from 32 around 7.30am.
However, nine flood alerts remain. The Met Office warned of “icy surfaces leading to some difficult travel conditions” with the new warning. On Thursday, a yellow weather warning for ice stops near Manchester. Northern Scotland is expected to be hit with snow on New Year’s Day, including Inverness, Aberdeenshire and Caithness and Sutherland in the Highlands and Moray, which are covered by a Met Office yellow weather warning for snow, from 4am on Wednesday until 9am on Thursday.
The Met Office’s yellow warning that covered most of Scotland on New Year’s Eve, causing the capital’s outdoor celebrations to be cancelled, has now been lifted. Regions above 984ft (300m) could see as much as 4in (10cm) of snow, it is predicted.
The Met Office said: “Rain turning to snow is likely to lead to some travel disruption and difficult driving conditions on New Year’s Day.”. It added: “A band of rain will turn increasingly to snow at low levels as it moves south Wednesday morning, then clearing to snow showers in the afternoon, which will continue overnight and through to Thursday morning.
