NI snow alert worse than originally thought - Met Office issue second NI weather warning within 24 hours

The latest yellow status weather warning for ice and snow was issued on Wednesday morning.

The warning applies to all of Northern Ireland and is valid between 10.00pm on Wednesday and 10.00am on Thursday.

“Wintry showers are expected to continue through Wednesday night into Thursday morning, especially over Northern Ireland and western Scotland, before developing more widely across parts of northern England, the north Midlands and north Wales later in the night,” reads the warning on the Met Office website.

“This will leave surfaces wet, leading to icy stretches developing on untreated surfaces.

“Showers will fall as a mixture of hail, sleet and snow.

“Some places are likely to see 1-3 cm of snow, mainly above 100 m, with 5-10 cm possible above 400m,” added the Met Office.

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