Met Office issue weather warning for heavy ice and snow on Friday morning

A yellow weather warning covering the possibility of heavy ice and snow across Southport later this week has been issued by the Met Office.

The Met Office say that frequent sleet and snow showers may lead to some difficult driving conditions and disruption to travel on Friday morning.

• Some roads and railways likely to be affected with longer journey times by road, bus and train services
• Probably some icy patches on some untreated roads, pavements and cycle paths
• Some brief power outages are possible with a risk of isolated lightning strikes.

The Met Office said on Tuesday: “Frequent wintry showers arriving from the west overnight Thursday into Friday are likely to lead to a fresh covering of snow for areas above 200m (mainly around 2-5 cm, possibly as much as 10 cm over highest ground where showers are most frequent). Falling snow below this level may cause some temporary slushy accumulations which then may freeze and cause dangerous, icy patches where skies remain clear for long enough.

“These showers will turn increasingly to rain and sleet at lower levels through Friday morning, before steadily easing from the west through the afternoon ahead of an area of rain and milder conditions.”