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UK snow mapped as roads ‘impassable’ and colleges shut in ‘style of winter’ – full checklist

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Brits are battling through a snowy winter nightmare with power outages and travel mayhem as ‘unpassable’ roads emerge following an Arctic onslaught that blanketed parts of the UK overnight. The nation was on alert for “disruptive snow”, ice, and a chill in the air yesterday after the Met Office rolled out a series of yellow weather warnings across Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales, and England.

Forecasts predicted up to 20 centimetres of thesnow piling up in the hardest-hit regions, giving Brits their “first taste of winter”, the weather experts claimed. Some of these yellow alerts were set to expire at 10am today, but some have been stretched until 10 am tomorrow. The warnings highlight potential power cuts, travel disruptions on roads and public transport, and even the possibility of communities becoming isolated, according to the weather boffins. “An area of snow may bring disruption to a central swathe of the UK during Monday night and Tuesday morning,” they’ve announced.



The country was hit by warnings
The country was hit by warnings

Snow and hail showers were expected to hammer northern Scotland intermittently, intensifying and becoming more frequent from Monday night into much of Tuesday, and then continuing into Wednesday morning. Ahead of the deluge, the forecasters warned: “2 to 5 cm of snow is likely to accumulate quite widely, with up to 10 cm in some spots by the end of Tuesday, and potentially 15 to 20 cm above 300 metres.”

The Met Office also suggested that people prepare in advance for potential power cuts or being cut off from services due to the snow, recommending the gathering of torches, batteries, a mobile phone power pack, and other essential items. Some schools across the country are also expected to shut down as the Met Office warns of dangerous conditions caused by the arctic snow blast. You can check if schools have closed in your area on the UK government website here.



It's big coat weather
It’s big coat weather

Several major roads across the country have also been placed under major warnings by the Highways agency this morning as the commute to work becomes more perilous.

The roads under warnings are:

  • A628 Woodhead Pass, Windle Edge – 10-15 cm snow possible. Possible blown snow
  • A66 Old Spittal, Stainmore – 10-15 cm snow possible
  • M62 J21-23 – 10-15 cm snow possible. Possible blown snow
  • A69 – 5-10 cm
  • M6 J39 Shap – 10-15 cm snow possible at Shap. Elsewhere 2-5 cm possible south of Carlisle
  • M56 Manchester – 2-5 cm snow possible
  • A66 Old Spittal – 10-15 cm snow possible
  • A628 Woodhead Pass – 10-15 cm snow possible. Possible blown snow.
  • M62 J 21-23 – 10-15 cm snow. Possible blown snow
  • M1 Leeds, Sheffield – 1-3 cm snow possible

The full list of school closures (as of 7.30am) are:

  • The Piece Hall School, Halifax
  • North Halifax Grammar School, Halifax
  • Orion Academy, Oxford
  • Bishopswood School, Reading
  • Sonning Common Primary School, Reading
  • Wigmore Primary School, Herefordshire
  • Wigmore High School, Herefordshire
  • Earl Mortimer College, Herefordshire
  • Ambleside Primary School, Nottinghamshire
  • The Garibaldi School, Nottinghamshire
  • Arnold View Primary School, Nottinghamshire

And the regions currently under yellow snow/ice warnings are:

Central, Tayside & Fife

  • Angus

  • Perth and Kinross

Grampian

  • Aberdeen

  • Aberdeenshire

  • Moray

Highlands & Eilean Siar

  • Na h-Eileanan Siar

  • Highland

Orkney & Shetland

  • Orkney Islands

  • Shetland Islands

Northern Ireland

  • County Antrim

  • County Armagh

  • County Down

  • County Fermanagh

  • County Londonderry

  • County Tyrone

East Midlands

  • Derby

  • Derbyshire

  • Leicester

  • Leicestershire

  • Lincolnshire

  • Nottingham

  • Nottinghamshire

  • Rutland

North West England

  • Blackburn with Darwen

  • Cheshire East

  • Cheshire West and Chester

  • Greater Manchester

  • Halton

  • Lancashire

  • Merseyside

  • Warrington

Wales

  • Conwy

  • Denbighshire

  • Flintshire

  • Gwynedd

  • Powys

  • Wrexham

West Midlands

  • Herefordshire

  • Shropshire

  • Staffordshire

  • Stoke-on-Trent

  • Telford and Wrekin

  • Warwickshire

  • West Midlands Conurbation

Yorkshire & Humber

  • East Riding of Yorkshire

  • North East Lincolnshire

  • North Lincolnshire

  • North Yorkshire

  • South Yorkshire

  • West Yorkshire

  • York

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