Good afternoon all the Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for snow and ice for Lewis and Harris for Monday. The warning comes into force at 00:00 midnight Monday morning and expires at 12:00 Monday afternoon.
full warning and latest updates can be found here https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/warnings-and-advice/uk-warnings#?date=2021-02-01&id=0b075860-0bb0-4c45-88aa-97938fedf43a&details
Once again there is some uncertainty as to how much snow we are going to see. As mentioned in the above warning we could see a couple of cms of snow in places. The greatest risk will be over higher ground. We will see a widespread frost and ice again. Winds will be light. I will have a full Monday forecast later this evening.
Here is the link to the Councils gritting policy https://www.cne-siar.gov.uk/roads-travel-and-parking/roads-maintenance-winter-gritting/ and road gritting times https://www.cne-siar.gov.uk/roads-travel-and-parking/roads-maintenance-winter-gritting/road-gritting-priorities/
There are also road cameras on the Clisham and Barvas Moor which a good way to look at the wintry conditions.
Clisham link is here https://www.cne-siar.gov.uk/roads-travel-and-parking/roads-maintenance-winter-gritting/road-monitoring-cameras/clisham-camera/
and Barvas here https://www.cne-siar.gov.uk/roads-travel-and-parking/roads-maintenance-winter-gritting/road-monitoring-cameras/barvas-camera/
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