Snow on the way this weekend

The Met Office has issued a amber and yellow weather warning for snow and ice this weekend, covering Newtown and much of the UK.

The two warnings will be in effect from 12:00 UTC on Saturday, January 4, to 09:00 UTC on Monday, January 6, with heavy snow and freezing rain expected to cause disruption to transport and other services.

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A more serious amber warning was also issued to cover our area due to ice which indicate that conditions will get worse.

It is very likely that transport routes across the county will be impacted with some communities cut off by ice and snow.

Detailed Forecast

Snow will become persistent and locally heavy as it pushes south to north across the warning area. As well as snow, a period of freezing rain is also likely bringing some hazardous travel conditions, before milder air follows across all areas by Sunday morning.

Whilst there is some uncertainty in details, 3-7 cm of snow is likely for much of the warning area, with locally 15-30 cm for the higher ground of Wales and the southern Pennines. Freezing rain could lead to ice accretion in places, especially parts of Wales, before the milder air leads to a rapid thaw of snow and ice in the south of the warning area through Sunday.