Weather warning issued ahead of snow, ice and gales

Wed, 17 Jan 2018

A weather warning has been issued for this evening and tomorrow with snow, ice and severe gales expected to hit the Island.

The Ronaldsway Met Office warns a band of heavy rain will hit the Island later, starting off as snow on the hills, which could result in some accumulations.

Forecasters are also expecting severe gale force nine winds overnight reaching up to 70mph and potentially causing some damage int he early hours of the morning.

Temperatures are likely to fall close to zero resulting in ice on high level roads.

The yellow weather warning will be in force from 7pm today until 8pm tomorrow.