Hour-by-hour snow forecast for Stoke-on-Trent and Leek as weather warning active

Rob Andrews
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-Credit: (Image: Rod Kirkpatrick/RKP Photography)
-Credit: (Image: Rod Kirkpatrick/RKP Photography)


A 15-hour weather warning for snow and ice comes into force tonight. It covers Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, and Cheshire East and runs until 10am on Tuesday 19 November.

It comes as the Met Office is predicting snow across North Staffordshire overnight. In addition an amber alert has been issued until Saturday for cold weather.

Staffordshire County Council has its 38 gritters out on the roads overnight - for the first time this winter. They will be boosted by hill contractors who cover the six remotest gritting routes in the Staffordshire Moorlands.

READ MORE: Met Office extends North Staffordshire weather warning as snow still forecast

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Here's the hour-by-hour Met Office forecast for Stoke-on-Trent:

7pm - Sleet showers

8pm - Sleet showers

9pm - Sleet showers

10pm - Sleet showers

11pm - Heavy snow

Midnight - Light snow

1am - Heavy snow

2am - Heavy snow

3am - Light snow

4am - Light snow

5am - Light snow

6am - Light snow

Here's the hour-by-hour Met Office forecast for Leek:

7pm - Heavy snow

8pm - Heavy snow

9pm - Heavy snow

10pm - Heavy snow

11pm - Heavy snow

Midnight - Heavy snow

1am - Heavy snow

2am - Heavy snow

3am - Heavy snow

4am - Light snow

5am - Light snow

6am - Light snow

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