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."
