Met Office issues Amber weather warning for Nottinghamshire as Storm Goretti expected to bring 'heavy snow'
Heavy snow is forecast to arrive across Nottinghamshire later this week as Storm Goretti hits the county – with the Met Office issuing another weather warning.
The Met Office has now issued an amber weather warning for snow across Nottinghamshire between 6pm on Thursday, January 8, and noon on Friday, January 9.
The weather warning was upgraded from yellow at around midday today (Wednesday, January 7).
Storm Goretti is likely to bring heavy snow leading to disruption and difficult travelling conditions, possible travel delays on roads stranding some vehicles and passengers, possible delays or cancellations to rail and air travel, some rural communities could become cut off and power cuts may occur and other services, such as mobile phone coverage, may be affected.
A deep area of low pressure will move across the south of the UK during Thursday and into Friday bringing a mixture of rain, snow and strong winds. A spell of heavy snow is likely to develop over higher ground in south Wales later on Thursday before rain turns to snow more widely over parts of England and Wales during Thursday night.
In some areas, 5-10 cm of snow may settle with the potential for up to 20 cm in some locations, especially over higher ground.
Strong winds may lead to some drifting of snow. Rain and snow will then clear eastwards during Friday.