Second day of heavy snowfall across the West Midlands

The majority of the region is under a yellow weather warning until 2pm.

Author: Matt MaddrenPublished 10th Mar 2023
Last updated 10th Mar 2023

Heavy snowfall is causing disruption for a second day across the West Midlands.

The majority of the region is covered by a yellow weather warning by the Met Office until 2pm this afternoon (Friday).

Parts of Shropshire are under an amber warning, although that'd due to expire at 9am on Friday morning.

The team at Birmingham Airport say they're working round the clock to keep the runway clear. It did need to be shut for an hour this morning so the runway could be cleared.

There's disruption on the roads as well, with severe delays of at least 90 minutes above usual journey times on the M42 northbound between J2 for Birmingham and J3a for the M40

Four yellow warnings for snow also cover much of the rest of the nation, with the exception of South East England and western Scotland.

Heavy snowfall has left driver stranded for more than seven hours on the M62 motorway in Greater Manchester and Yorkshire.

Met Office meteorologist Jonathan Vautrey said;

"Storm Larisa, which Meteo France have named, is the same low pressure system that is bringing us the bands of rain," he said.

"But essentially, we're on the northern side of the low pressure system and it's the southern side of that low pressure system that is going to be bringing particularly strong winds to parts of France.

"So that did originate out in the Atlantic and then it tracked its way eastward towards us, and the weather fronts that are swirling around that low pressure system have then been pushing into the cold air that has been in places across the UK and allowing that rain to start falling as snow across several areas."

Meanwhile, Met Office meteorologist Alex Burkill said that a pocket of western Scotland covering Glasgow and the county of Argyll may be the only region untouched by heavy rain and snow over the next 24 hours.

He said the worst of the weather is expected in north-west Wales and northern England, where "gusts of easily 50mph" are on a collision course with "30 to 40cm of snow".

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