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A 21-hour amber warning for snow is now in place across parts of Greater Manchester
09.03.2023 - 22:43 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A 21-hour weather warning for snow is now in place across parts of Greater Manchester.
The amber warning is in place from 3pm today (Thursday March 9) until 12 noon tomorrow (Friday March 10). The Met Office said snow would become persistent through Thursday afternoon and overnight into early Friday morning, before slowly easing.
The forecaster continued: "Residual impacts from snowfall are expected to persist through Friday morning. 10-20 cm of snow is expected to fall quite widely, with some places seeing 30-40 cm. Strong easterly winds are expected to accompany this snow, leading to blizzards and drifting of lying snow."
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The wintry weather is likely to cause disruption, including travel delays on roads and via rail and air travel. Bus and train services may also be delayed or cancelled, with some road closures and longer journey times possible.
Meanwhile, two new yellow weather warnings for snow and ice in Greater Manchester have been issued for the weekend. They will be in effect from 3pm on Saturday (March 11) until 6am on Sunday (March 12).
Traffic will already be increased in the city centre this weekend, with road closures and engineering work on the Metrolink taking place, as well as gigs at the Arena, a huge parade and Manchester United playing at home.
The Met Office said of conditions over the weekend: "An area of low pressure moving in from the southwest through Saturday night into Sunday will bring a band of precipitation across much of the UK. The forward edge of this is expected to fall as a transient band of snow which may bring accumulations over higher ground, before turn increasingly to rain from the
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