Capital set for up to 5cm of snow tonight
EDINBURGH was facing up to five centimetres of snow tonight as a widely-expected cold snap hits the Capital.
Snow was already falling in central Edinburgh and, more heavily, in Penicuik this morning.
Forecasters said they expect some higher ground in the Lothians to be under up to 10cm by the end of the day.
Police officers have warned drivers to take care on the roads, while the city council has mobilised 20 gritters.
Temperatures are likely to plunge below zero tonight while tomorrow is expected to be wetter and warmer.
A Met Office spokesman said: "There will be snow. There's not large amounts just yet, but there will be showers right through today.
"In the outskirts of the Lothians, over higher ground, it will reach 10cm and there will be between 2cm and 5cm in Edinburgh itself."
This time tomorrow will see the snow clearing away into rain."
Email to a friend
Print this page- Family mourn death of Glasgow ‘fight’ schoolboy
- Rangers takeover: Duff & Phelps threaten legal action against BBC
- Today’s youth not fit to be employed, says car firm Arnold Clark
- Rangers administration: Fans fear Duff & Phelps claims could scare off Green
- Rangers takeover: triple penalty punishment enough, says Johnston
- Alistair Darling leads ‘No to independence’ fight over tea and biscuits
- Scottish independence: SNP flip-flops over Nato
- Scottish Independence: SNP ‘won’t be Yes campaign’s only voice’
- Today’s youth not fit to be employed, says car firm Arnold Clark
- Scottish independence: ‘People here are best qualified to run Scotland’
Looking for...
Featured advertisers
Jobs
Search for a job
Motors
Search for a car
Property
Search for a house
Weather for Edinburgh
Saturday 26 May 2012
Today
Sunny
Temperature: 9 C to 20 C
Wind Speed: 16 mph
Wind direction: North east
Tomorrow
Sunny
Temperature: 12 C to 22 C
Wind Speed: 10 mph
Wind direction: North east
