Forecasters are predicting hours of ‘heavy snow’ for Stoke-on-Trent tonight. The BBC is predicting the snow will start to fall from 8pm and continue until 4am tomorrow.
The Met Office is offering a similar forecast – with the snow starting to fall an hour earlier.
It comes as two Stoke-on-Trent weather warnings come into force later today.
A yellow weather warning for snow and ice runs from midday today until 11.59pm on Sunday, January 5. An amber weather warning for snow and ice runs from 6pm tonight until midday tomorrow.
The amber warning states: “Snow and freezing rain will likely lead to disruption to transport and other services.
Here’s the hour-by-hour Met Office forecast for Stoke-on-Trent:
9am: Cloudy
10am: Cloudy
11am: Cloudy
Midday: Sunny intervals
1pm: Sunny intervals
2pm: Sunny intervals
3pm: Cloudy
4pm: Cloudy
5pm: Overcast
6pm: Overcast
7pm: Light snow
8pm: Light snow
9pm: Heavy snow
10pm: Heavy snow
11pm: Heavy snow
Midnight: Light snow
1am: Heavy snow
2am: Heavy snow
3am: Heavy snow
4am: Sleet showers
5am: Heavy rain
6am: Heavy rain
7am: Heavy rain
8am: Light rain
9am: Light rain