Most of Cheshire has been placed under a new nine-hour snow and ice warning which comes into force tomorrow (January 9). The yellow Met Office warning starts at 3am and will last until midday.
Large parts of the county are under the warning apart from some areas of East Cheshire, including Congleton and Macclesfield. Temperatures could plummet to -6C overnight.
The latest Met Office warning states: “Snow and icy patches leading to some travel disruption.” It adds: “Showers, mostly of rain and sleet at low levels and near coasts, but of snow inland and over higher ground, are expected to affect the area later Wednesday night and on Thursday morning.
“With many surfaces below freezing, this will lead to some icy stretches on untreated surfaces, while a few cm of fresh snow could affect some areas, mainly places above about 100 metres.”
Met Office Chief Forecaster, Jason Kelly, said: “With cold weather persisting across the UK this week we have a number of severe weather warnings for wintry hazards. Snow showers will continue to fall over Scotland, Northern Ireland and into Northern Wales and northern England too. Where surface water and snow freeze overnight there is a risk of ice as temperatures widely dip below freezing.”
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