Yahoo News Met Office weather maps show exact time snow will hit Lancashire tonight
More snow is on the way to Lancashire as the cold snap continues. Temperatures have plummeted across the county in recent days are expected to hit -4C overnight tonight.
The Met Office has issued an 18-hour yellow weather warning for ice which comes into effect at 4pm on Wednesday (November 20). It lasts until 10am on Thursday while an amber cold weather health alert, the first of the season, is in force until 6pm on Saturday.
Forecasters are predicting further snowfall across Lancashire tonight with weather maps showing the white stuff arriving at 11.30pm. It is expected to continue until around 5pm tomorrow before further 'heavy snow' arrives this weekend.
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The latest Met Office maps show flurries arriving in Lancaster shortly before midnight on Wednesday. The grey areas on the map below represent up to 4mm of snowfall per hour in that area.
According to the maps, Preston, South Ribble, West Lancs and the Ribble Valley can expect snow from 12am followed by Burnley and Pendle at 12.30am. Fleetwood, Morecambe and Chorley should see snow by 1am and then Blackpool, Lytham and Leyland at 1.30am.
Further patches of snow are forecast in Blackpool and Lytham shortly after 3am and then South Ribble at 4am. The Met Office said icy stretches 'will lead to some difficult travelling conditions'
A spokesperson added: "Rain, snow and ice continue to be potential hazards through this week as an Arctic air mass continues to influence the UK’s weather, bringing potential ongoing disruption for some. It will be feeling very cold for most, with daytime temperatures in the low single figures, with a wind chill meaning it will be feeling even cooler."
Heavy snow is expected on Saturday followed by a "rapid thaw" and rain on Saturday night in north-west and north-east England, the West Midlands, Yorkshire, and much of Scotland. The Met Office issued a yellow warning for the weather event and said there is a chance floodwater could cause danger to life, some rural communities could become cut off, and there may be travel disruption.
Met Office spokesperson Andrea Bishop said: "A deep area of low pressure is expected to bring a spell of prolonged and, at times, heavy rainfall across a large part of the UK this weekend. Across south-west England, rain is expected to develop during Saturday morning with heavier rain likely later in the day and overnight into early Sunday morning.
"Fifty to 75mm of rain is expected to fall fairly widely during this time with a chance that some places over Dartmoor could see 100-125mm. Strong southerly winds will accompany the heavy rain and may locally exacerbate impacts."
