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Snow and ice are likely to cause further disruption overnight Wednesday through Thursday morning.

Impact: Low
Likelihood of impact: Medium

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Ice will develop fairly widely on Wednesday night into Thursday morning, with partially thawed lying snow refreezing readily. In addition, wintry showers across Orkney and northeast Scotland will slowly clear away to the east, whilst a new band of mainly light rain, sleet and snow will arrive from the west.

Snow will fall to low levels at first away from coasts before becoming confined to ground above around 300 metres. 1-2 cm of fresh snow accumulations are possible in places, with 2-5cm of fresh snow accumulations on ground above 200-300 metres, mainly in western Scotland and hills northern England.

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Yellow warning

Storm Goretti is likely to bring heavy snow leading to disruption and difficult travelling conditions later Thursday and into Friday

Impact: Medium
Likelihood of impact: Low

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Rain, associated with Storm Goretti, will spread northeastwards across the warning area through Thursday afternoon and evening, transitioning to snow fairly widely overnight and into Friday. Snow initially will begin to accumulate across hills in Wales and then increasingly to lower levels overnight. Whilst not all areas may see accumulating snow, accumulations of 5-10 cm are likely quite widely, with scope for 15-25 cm in places, especially on some hills above 200 metres elevation. There is a chance of 30 cm accumulating over high ground in Wales and/or the Peak District.

There is some uncertainty over the exact track of Storm Goretti, which will influence the locations most likely to see disruptive snow. Amounts of snow will also depend quite heavily on both elevation and the intensity of precipitation, and as this becomes somewhat lighter into Friday this will lead to an awkward mix of rain, sleet and snow, gradually clearing away to the east. Therefore there is likely to be a lot of variation, even over relatively short distances.

The low pressure system has been named by Meteo France, as the strongest winds associated with Storm Goretti are most likely over northern France.

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Warning area expanded to include more parts of Wales and northern England, start time also brought forward.