A weather warning for snow has been issued for parts of Cumbria.
The Met Office yellow warning – the lowest level of three alerts issued by the forecaster – will be in force for parts of eastern Cumbria.
Areas affected include Kirkby Stephen, Alston and Brampton. The warning comes into force at 5pm today and will remain in place until 10am tomorrow.
Spells of hill snow may bring some disruption to travel tonight and into Saturday.
What to expect
- There is a small chance of travel delays on roads with some stranded vehicles and passengers, along with delayed or cancelled rail and air travel;
- There is a slight chance that some rural communities could become cut off;
- There is a small chance that power cuts will occur and other services, such as mobile phone coverage, may be affected.
An area of rain and hill snow will move southwards over southern Scotland and northern England during Friday night. Much of this will clear to the south early on Saturday but some sleet and snow showers will follow.
Snow is expected mainly above 300 to 400m, particularly over the Pennines where 10-15 cm of snow may fall in some places. At lower levels, mostly rain is expected but there is a chance of some falling snow – mainly as the system clears south.
With very strong winds expected as well some very difficult travel conditions are likely with blizzards leading to reduced visibility and the potential for some drifting of snow.
Up to 80mph gusts predicted as weather warning for Cumbria set to come into force
