Yellow snow warning issued for Greater Manchester as forecasters warn of 15cms on higher ground
manchestereveningnews.co.ukAnother weather warning has been issued for parts of Greater Manchester as the cold snap continues in the north of England. Met Office forecasters have warned up to 15cm of snow could fall on higher ground overnight.
The yellow snow warning covers mainly hilly areas in the east of Rochdale, Oldham and Bury. It runs from 8pm tonight (Sunday) to noon on Monday.
It says: "Rain will likely fall as snow to relatively low levels for a time this evening and at first tonight across parts of northern England, giving a few centimetres of additional cover locally.
Snow should become confined to the higher parts of northern and central Wales, as well as northern England with time, leading to accumulations of 2-5cm on some roads above around 150m, and perhaps 10-15 cm on roads above around 350m. READ MORE: 'The whole floor was covered in people just sleeping': Family spend night in primary school after snow blankets Cumbria READ MORE: Greater Manchester forecast as snow wreaks havoc in north west with drivers stranded at M6 services - and ANOTHER weather warning is issued "Snow will die out from the north through Monday." Much of Greater Manchester saw the first real snowfall of the winter on Saturday evening and Sunday morning.
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