Heavy snow expected in North Wales as yellow weather warning issued

Heavy snow is expected to arrive in North Wales at the weekend after a yellow weather warning was issued.

The Met Office has advised there could be travel disruption with 10-15 cm of snow possible over high ground and 3-7 cm anticipated at lower levels.

The warning is in place from 3am on Saturday until 6pm the same day and covers all of the region’s six counties, except for Anglesey.

It states: “An area of rain pushing in from the southwest through the early morning will readily turn to snow in places as it encounters colder air.

“There remains a good deal of uncertainty in how far north the rain and snow will get, before the band stalls and starts to move south again as it eases.

“3-7 cm of snow is possible to low levels with the potential for 10-15 cm over high ground (above 200-300 m), mainly in Wales and the West Midlands.

“There is a very low chance of perhaps as much 20 cm over highest parts of the Shropshire and Snowdonia.”