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Greater Manchester bracing for snow as Met Office issues ‘yellow warning’ for most of UK
Winter is coming.
Emily Sergeant -
2nd January 2025 
Greater Manchester is bracing for three days of snow as the Met Office has issued a ‘yellow warning’ for most of the UK.
While much of the region has woken up to a crisp winter’s morning under a yellow warning for ice in place today, from Saturday onwards, we have another yellow warning to contend with all together, as weather forecasters are predicting that “heavy snow may cause some disruption over the weekend”.
The three-day yellow warning for snow runs from 12pm on Saturday (4 January) onto around 9am on Monday morning (6 January).
⚠️ Yellow weather warning issued ⚠️
— Met Office (@metoffice) January 1, 2025
A risk of snow across parts of Scotland, England and Wales
Saturday 1200 – Monday 0900
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According to the Met Office, Greater Manchester residents are being told, like much of the UK, to prepare for “a small chance” that power cuts could occur, and that other services – such as mobile phone coverage – may be affected, while there is also a “slight chance” that some rural communities could become “cut off”.
As you would expect, “heavy snow” also means that there’s a chance of travel delays on roads, with some stranded vehicles and passengers because of this.
We should also be expecting delayed or cancelled rail and air travel too.
“We’ve currently issued a Yellow warning for snow covering a large part of England to cater for possible disruption over the weekend,” explained Dan Holley, who is a Deputy Chief Forecaster for the Met Office.
Speaking on the yellow weather warning issued, and what it means for the UK over the coming days, Mr Holley continued: “At this stage, there is a fair amount of uncertainty over exactly which areas will see disruptive snow, with parts of Wales, northern England, and the Midlands most likely to see some impacts.
“Here we could see 5cm or more in quite a few areas, and perhaps as much as 20-30cm over high ground, including Wales and the Pennines. Coupled with strengthening winds this could lead to drifting, making travelling conditions difficult over higher-level routes in particular.”
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Mr Holley also added that it’s likely this yellow warning will be “refined” over the coming days as “confidence in the forecast increases”, and advises that everyone “keeping up to date” with the latest warnings.
You can keep up to date with the yellow warning covering Greater Manchester here.
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