23/02/2015

Met Office Issues Yellow Weather Warning

The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning to drivers for icy conditions across Northern Ireland.

Sleet and hail showers are expected as well as strong winds with gusts of 60-70 mph.

The Met Office said: "Over Scotland and Northern Ireland accumulations of locally 1-3 cm are possible over low ground, particularly on Sunday night into Monday morning.

"On ground above around 150-200m locally 5-10cm is likely, with accumulations of 10-20 cm over ground above around 300m."

The weather alert is in place until 3pm on Tuesday.

(CD/JP)

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