Temperatures are set to plummet to -5°C throughout the night as the Met Office issued a yellow weather warning for icy conditions.
The warning is in place across the region, including Darlington, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland and Stockton from 4pm on New Year’s Day until 10am on Thursday, January 2. Residents can expect some icy conditions on untreated roads, pavements and cycle paths and some injuries from slips and falls on icy surfaces.
A spokesperson for the Met Office said: “A band of rain, sleet and hill snow will clear southwards during Wednesday afternoon and evening. As skies clear in its wake, and with standing water following earlier rain in places, ice is likely to form quite quickly on untreated surfaces, leading to difficult travel conditions. Wintry showers are also likely along some north-facing coasts overnight, increasing the chance of ice in places.”
The hour-by-hour forecast shows sleet showers between 9pm and 1am. There are no further sleet or snow showers predicted for Middlesbrough on the Met Office website after 1am on January 2. However, this can be subject change.
Here is an hour by hour forecast of what to expect:
Wednesday January 1
- 5pm-6pm: 80% chance of rain, 3°C but feels like -1°C
- 6pm-7pm: 70% chance of rain, 3°C but feels like -1°C
- 7pm-8pm: 60% chance of rain, 3°C but feels like -1°C
- 8pm-9pm: 60% chance of rain, 3°C but feels like -1°C
- 9pm-10pm: 70% chance of showers with sleet, 2°C but feels like -1°C
- 10pm-11pm: 60% chance of sleet showers, 2°C but feels like -2°C
- 11pm-12am: 60% chance of sleet showers, 2°C but feels like -2°C
Thursday January 2
- 12am-1am: 50% chance of sleet showers, 2°C but feels like -2°C
- 1am-2am: cloudy with 40% chance of rain, 1°C but feels like -2°C
- 2am-3am: 30% chance of rain, 1°C but feels like -2°C
- 3am-4am: 20% chance of rain, 1°C but feels like -3°C
- 4am-5am: 10% chance of rain, 0°C but feels like -4°C
- 5am-6am: 10% chance of rain, 0°C but feels like -4°C
- 6am-7am: 5% chance of rain, -1°C but feels like -5°C
- 7am-8am: 5% chance of rain, -1°C but feels like -5°C
- 8am-9am: 5% chance of rain, -1°C but feels like -5°C
- 9am-10am: sunny, 5% chance of rain, -1°C but feels like -5°C
- 10am-11am: sunny, 5% chance of rain, 0°C but feels like -4°C
- 11am-12pm: sunny, 10% chance of rain, 0°C but feels like -4°C
- 12pm-1pm: sunny intervals, 10% chance of rain, 1°C but feels like -3°C
The weather service also issued a second weather warning for snow for over the weekend. The Met Office warned that “heavy snow may cause some disruption over the weekend”, with the yellow warning in place from Saturday until 9am on Monday, January 6. The snow warning covers the whole of Teesside.
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