Met Office issues warning for snow with heavy rain also expected
Winter will have one final hurrah as rain and snow are set to drench Scotland on Tuesday.
The Met Office warns that from overnight Monday into Tuesday, up to 50mm of rain and 20cm of snow will land in northern Scotland.
The national weather service has issued a yellow weather warning for 12am to 12pm on Tuesday.
The warning says: ‘Rain and snow has the potential to cause disruption in places, mainly to travel, with snow focused over high ground.’
Where will it snow in Scotland?
While it’s hard to say snow’s guaranteed, Met Office forecasters have issued the yellow weather warning for the white stuff (and a whole lot of rain) for the following parts of Scotland:
Central, Tayside & Fife
- Angus
- Clackmannanshire
- Dundee
- Fife
- Perth and Kinross
- Stirling
Grampian
- Aberdeen
- Aberdeenshire
- Moray
Highlands & Eilean Siar
- Highland
Don’t expect any winter wonderland, scenes, however. Most of the snow forecast will be slushy at best.
‘At moderate elevations (above 150-200 metres) snow is more likely, mainly 1-2cm of slushy deposits, but 2-5cm possible in some places affecting higher transport routes,’ the Met Office says.
‘At higher elevations (above 300 metres ) 10-20cm may fall causing travel issues on higher routes.’
Weather officials say there is a ‘small chance’ that power cuts may occur and other services, such as mobile phone signal, will be affected.
Rural communities may be cut off by the snow and heavy rain and flooding could occur.
Both rail and air travel could be delayed by the weather, the Met Office added, warning that drivers and bus riders could end up stranded on the roads.
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