Snow set to hit Britain

 

 

The Met Office has issued severe weather warnings for Strathclyde, the Highlands, western isles, Tayside, Fife and central Scotland.

 

They warn of increasingly wintry showers throughout this afternoon into tomorrow.

 

Up to 15cm of snow could fall on high ground, with 1-3cm of snow on low level inland areas, while ice is likely to form on untreated surfaces, the Met Office website said.

 

Parts of England and Wales are also likely to see wintry weather with snow forecast on high ground in north Wales and northern England.

 

Transport Scotland has activated a full Multi Agency Response Team (MART) involving all of its transport partners including rail, road and Strathclyde Police which will convene at Traffic Scotland's Control Room this afternoon.

 

 

The MART will monitor conditions across the transport network overnight and through Monday rush hour to respond to events as they arise.

 

A spokeswoman said: ''Transport Scotland is aware of the weather alerts issued by the Met Office

 

''We would advise the travelling public to think about planning their journeys for Sunday evening into Monday morning.

 

''To keep up to date visit the Traffic Scotland website, listen to the digital Traffic Scotland radio service or call our Traffic Customer Care Line on 0800 028 1414.''

 

Gemma Plumb, a forecaster with MeteoGroup, the weather forecasting arm of the Press Association, said that western areas of Scotland are likely to be worst affected.

 

She said: ''Through Sunday and overnight there's going to be some hail, sleet and snow showers moving into western areas.

 

''The showers look as though they will merge at times to give longer spells of sleet and snow.

 

''In the east there's the risk of some sleet and snow showers but at the moment it looks as though they will be less frequent than in the west.''

 

She said there is also a risk of hail, sleet and snow across very high ground in north Wales and on high ground in northern England.

 

Miss Plumb said: ''It looks like there will be some sleet and snow across high ground in northern England and the Pennines with accumulations of 1-4cm of snow.

 

''There will also be some sleet and snow across the Peak District with 1-2cm accumulations of snow.''

 

The snow is likely to arrive overnight into tomorrow when the air turns colder. Telegraph