Weather experts have issued a new amber warning of snow for parts of the East Midlands. The Met Office alert is valid over the border in Derbyshire between 3pm on Thursday (March 9) and noon on Friday (March 10).
Under the amber warning, areas affected have been warned of travel delays, train cancellations, power cuts and rural communities being 'cut off'. Meanwhile, Nottingham and Nottinghamshire are under a yellow warning of snow. This is in effect from 7am on Thursday to 2pm on Friday.
Snow has already been falling across parts of the county as temperatures fall amid a cold snap. Residents in Mapperley saw some light snowfall on Wednesday morning (March 8).
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The Met Office said heavy snow has the potential to cause disruption on Thursday and Friday. In its amber warning, the weather agency said: "Snow is expected to develop over northern England on Thursday morning, becoming persistent through the afternoon and overnight into early Friday morning before slowly easing.
"Residual impacts from snowfall are expected to persist through Friday morning. 10 to 20cm of snow is expected to fall quite widely, with some places seeing 30 to 40cm. Strong easterly winds are expected to accompany this snow, leading to blizzards and drifting of lying snow."
The yellow warning states: "An area of low pressure will move across the UK on Thursday and Friday with snow developing across Wales and central England early on Thursday morning. This is expected to move slowly north during the day, becoming slow-moving across north Wales, northern England, Northern Ireland and southern Scotland during the afternoon and evening before slowly clearing southeast on Friday.
"Snow will likely turn to sleet or rain at times at lower elevations, especially in the south of the warning area, as well as near eastern coasts. At low levels including major cities such as Manchester, Liverpool and Newcastle accumulations are expected to be limited with a small chance of 2 to 5cm falling.
"However, significant snow accumulations are possible over hills of northern England (including populated areas of South and West Yorkshire), Northern Ireland and southern Scotland. Here, 10 to 15cm is expected quite widely above 100 metres, with a chance that 25 to 40cm could fall in some places.
"Additionally, there is potential for strong winds, which may lead to blizzard conditions and drifting of lying snow. Ice is likely to develop widely on Friday night as this system clears away."
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