'Small chance' of disruption as snow and ice warning issued for the Scottish Borders and North Northumberland
Last updated 17th Nov 2024
The Met Office has issued a Yellow weather warning for snow and ice, covering much of the Scottish Borders and North Northumberland.
Up to 20 centimetres is forecast to fall over higher ground - with a small chance of as much as 10cm at lower level.
The 24-hour warning comes into force at 10am on Monday.
Met Office meteorologist Ellie Glaiyser, in an online forecast, said that with temperatures forecast to drop to zero "if not just below, particularly in some rural spots", there could be "quite a hard frost likely on Monday morning, and this could lead to some icy stretches".
She urged travellers to "take care during Monday morning's rush hour".
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The sleet and snow is most likely to be falling over any high ground.
She added: "We could perhaps see up to 20 centimetres of snow across the Pennines and at lower levels it will mostly be falling as rain.
"There is still a very small chance that we could see some sleet and snow perhaps causing some disruption during Monday afternoon to lower levels, but for the most part that sleet and snow (is) remaining over the high ground for parts of Scotland."
Last week, on air, we reported fleece blankets, hot water bottles and heated throws are to be included in emergency food parcels being distributed in the Borders in an effort to keep some of the region's most vulnerable residents warm this winter.
The Winter Warm Boxes project organised by Peeblesshire Foodbank helped around 40 households last year.
And, with cuts to the winter fuel payments, Scottish Borders Council's Community Welfare Trust has awarded the charity a grant of more than £3,000 to ensure it can help more people this year.
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The food bank's manager, Fiona Dalgleish, told Greatest Hits Radio: "The aim was to help people with the cost of their electricity - if you can get cosy on the sofa under a heated throw, you might not need to have the heating on at all, or you can turn it down a little bit; if you've got a hot water bottle in your bed, it's going to make everything a little bit cosier."
She added: "We know that the impact of the cold on an older person can be devastating. As well as being miserable, it can also seriously damage your health, and be fatal. That's why it's really important to get everyone who can claim winter fuel payments to do so."
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