A yellow snow and ice warning has been issued for North Wales this weekend. It is set to come into force today at 12pm, lasting until midnight on Sunday, covering the whole of Wales and most of England.
People have been urged to take extra precautions amid the bad weather, with possible disruption, power cuts and potential injuries from slips and fall. According to the Met Office yesterday (Friday), the outlook for Saturday is: “A dry and crisp start but turning increasingly unsettled with rain, sleet and disruptive snow pushing in from the southwest through the afternoon accompanied by stronger winds. Maximum temperature 6 °C.”
Although there have been variations between different weather forecasters, about the exact timings of when it will snow, which is notoriously difficult to predict. there was a consensus, there should be snowfall this evening in North Wales, although it is predicted to give way to rain on Sunday, “with the risk of freezing rain to start,” the Met Office says.
Here is where and when the Met Office is forecasting it to snow, across North Wales and when rain is forecast to replace snow, as of yesterday (Friday), Forecasts are subject to change. Locations given are general areas:
Saturday:
7pm
Heavy snow: Llanwddyn
Light snow: Blaenau Ffestiniog, Bala, Wrexham
Sleet: Ruthin, Porthmadog, Pwllheli, Caernarfon, Barmouth, Machynlleth
8pm
Heavy snow: Bala, Llanwddyn
Light snow: Ruthin, Wrexham, Blaenau Ffestiniog
Sleet: Barmouth, Bangor, Caernarfon, Colwyn Bay, Porthmadog, Pwllheli, Flint. Machynlleth
9pm
Heavy snow: Wrexham, Bala, Llanwddyn
Light snow: Colwyn Bay, St Asaph, Flint, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Flint
Sleet: Holyhead, Amlwch, Bangor, Caernarfon, Pwllheli, Porthmadog, Barmouth,
10pm
Weather forecast for Saturday January 4 at 10pm for North Wales
(Image: Met Office)
Heavy snow: Blaenau Ffestiniog, Colwyn Bay, St Asaph, Ruthin, Wrexham, Bala, Llanwddyn, Flint
Sleet: Holyhead, Amlwch, Caarnarfon, Bangor, Pwllheli, Porthmadog, Barmouth, Machynlleth
11pm
Heavy snow: Blaenau Ffestiniog, Colwyn Bay, St Asaph, Ruthin, Wrexham, Bala, Llanwddyn, Flint
Sleet: Holyhead, Amlwch, Bangor, Caernarfon, Pwllheli, Porthmadog, Barmouth,
Midnight:
Heavy snow: Blaenau Ffestiniog, Colwyn Bay, St Asaph, Ruthin, Wrexham, Bala, Llanwddyn, Flint
Sleet: Holyhead, Amlwch, Bangor, Caernarfon, Pwllheli, Porthmadog, Barmouth
Sunday
3am
Heavy snow: Wrexham, Bala
Sleet: Colwyn Bay, St Asaph, Ruthin, Flint
Heavy rain: Holyhead, Amlwch, Bangor, Caernarfon, Pwllheli, Porthmadog, Barmouth, Machynlleth, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Llanwddyn
6am:
Weather forecast for Sunday January 5 at 6amm for North Wales
(Image: Met Office)
Sleet: Colwyn Bay, St Asaph, Ruthin, Flint, Holyhead, Amlwch
Heavy rain: Bangor, Caernarfon, Pwllheli, Porthmadog, Barmouth, Machynlleth, Bala, Llanwddyn, Wrexham
9am:
Sleet: St Asaph.
Heavy rain: Forecast for all other areas of North Wales
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