The Met Office issues a yellow weather warning for ice and snow in four Northern Irish counties.
The Met Office has issued another new weather warning for ice and snow affecting Northern Ireland . The weather forecaster issued the yellow warning on Wednesday morning, January 8, and advised we can expect 'snow and icy patches leading to some disruption to travel'. It has been issued for four counties with the warning in place from 4pm on January 8 until 11am on January 9. The warning is in place for counties Antrim, Fermanagh, Derry and Tyrone.
A spokesperson for the Met Office said: 'Showers of rain and sleet near coasts, and snow inland, will continue to affect the north and west of Northern Ireland this evening, overnight and into Thursday morning. 'As surfaces fall below freezing, this will lead to some icy stretches on untreated surfaces, while a few cm of fresh snow could affect some areas, mainly places above about 100 metres.' As for what we can expect from the weather warning, they added: Turning to the weather over the coming days, here's what the Met Office is forecasting: Today: A mostly dry but cold day with some sunshine, though with the chance of a few freezing fog patches in the south. A few coastal wintry showers. Icy patches. Light winds. Maximum temperature 2 °C. Tonight: Still a few wintry showers in the north and down North Channel coasts, otherwise dry with some clear intervals and perhaps the odd fog patch in the south. Minimum temperature -5 °C. Thursday: A few wintry showers at first in the north, otherwise dry and bright with some good sunny spells, light winds. Perhaps the odd freezing fog patch. Maximum temperature 2 °C. Outlook for Friday to Sunday: Friday is cloudy with patchy rain. Saturday is mainly dry and brigh
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