Snow warning for West Sussex

Met Office issues yellow alert for Saturday

Author: Abigail SimpsonPublished 15th Jan 2021
Last updated 15th Jan 2021

People in the South Downs are being warned that snow may cause some travel disruption on Saturday (January 16th).

The Met Office says we could see possible delays or cancellations to rail and air travel between 3am and 8pm.

It added there may be some issues on the roads too with vehicles and passengers stranded.

Some rural communities are being warned they could become cut off and power cuts may affect households.

The yellow severe weather alert covers northern areas of West Sussex, including Billingshurst, Horsham and Crawley.

What can we expect?

Possible delays or cancellations to rail and air travel

Possible travel delays on roads stranding some vehicles and passengers

Some rural communities could become cut off

Power cuts may occur and other services, such as mobile phone coverage, may be affected

Here's what the Met Office is saying:

"An area of rain will move eastwards through Saturday and is likely to turn to snow as this runs into cold air over east and southeast England.

"Snow is likely to fall to low levels on the leading edge of the rain area before snow levels gradually rise for many from the west. East Anglia and parts of Kent and Sussex look most at risk of seeing snow for longest.

"1-3 cm of snow may fall fairly widely over these areas with 5-10 cm possible in places, mostly over parts of East Anglia and any higher ground.

"Given recent wet weather and high river levels with rain and snow falling, then melting some flooding impacts are also possible."

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