Weather update: Met Office warning of snow for Leicester and Leicestershire
The Met Office has issued an amber warning of snow for Leicester and Leicestershire.
The warning, which means be prepared for possible disruption, has been issued for later today.
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More snow is forecast after heavy falls over the past week. This picture by Mike Sewell shows Snow covered fields just off the A47 near to Billesdon.
After a dry morning, snow is forecast to spread east across the county later this afternoon, with some heavy outbreaks. Daytime temperatures are set to reach a maximum of 1C.
Snow will continue in the night but turn to rain or sleet and clear later. But it will remain icy with minimum temperatures of -2C.
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Saturday will be mostly dry with isolated showers. It will continue to be cold, although temperatures will be higher than in the past few days with a maximum temperature of 5C.
See the latest five-day weather report at: www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/weather.
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3 Comments
by nottsred
Friday, January 25 2013, 10:35PM
“Hmmmm, a few minutes of snow, and now nothing. Now they've changed the forecast for tonight to sleet.
Last week they forecast light snow - I ended up having to leave work early after it actually came down heavy and started settling thick on the roads.
Is there actually any point to the met office?”
by daveb0360
Friday, January 25 2013, 5:09PM
“If it comes......and it seems a big if.......it's likely to seem worse because of the gusty winds I reckon..........roll on roll on..........let it do it's worst.....then we can laugh about the media panic and school closures all over again.........ho hum..”
by llamalamb
Friday, January 25 2013, 4:40PM
“Another exaggerated false alarm? It's now evening and no sign of snow at all.”