Yellow weather warning issued as the Met Office forecasts snow and ice

There could be snow and more ice on the way for Wrexham this week.

The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning across large parts of Wales and north west England, with temperatures locally set to drop as low as -1C over the next two days.

The yellow weather warning (not to be mistaken with a yellow snow warning) is in place between midday on Tuesday until 11am on Wednesday.

A statement released by the Met Office reads: “A band of rain will arrive across Wales, northern and western England through the middle of Tuesday, then move eastwards through Tuesday afternoon and evening.

“The rain will turn quickly to snow on hills, then also to low levels in places. 3 to 5 cm snow is likely above 200 metres, with up to 10 cm in a few places.

“A patchy covering of 1 to 2 cm is possible at low levels, although some places will see no snow at all. As skies clear overnight, ice is likely to form on some surfaces.

“In addition, wintry showers will follow into western areas on Wednesday morning, giving further slight accumulations of snow in a few places.”