Scotland Weather: Met Office issues further yellow weather warnings of snow and ice in east of Scotland

The Met Office has issued further yellow weather warnings of snow and ice for various areas in eastern Scotland including East Lothian and Midlothian which will come into affect tonight and tomorrow morning.

The Met Office has said icy surfaces will develop, with a little snow in certain affected areas.

East Lothian, Midlothian Council, the Scottish Borders and Dumfries and Galloway in the south west of Scotland will be affected by the yellow weather warning.

Other areas affected include Fife, Angus, Dundee and Perth and Kinross, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Moray, Highland, Orkney Islands.

The yellow warning of snow and ice will affect the east of Scotland.

Experts have predicted the icy and snowy conditions will begin at 6pm tonight and end at 10am tomorrow morning.

A Met Office spokesperson said: “Ice is likely to form on untreated surfaces during Monday night, especially where showers move well inland.

"Some of the showers will be wintry and could produce 2 to 5 cm lying snow above 250 metres, mostly over the Pennines and North York Moors where up to 10 cm is possible. “Elsewhere, most places will see little or no snow, but a slight covering of a centimetre or so is possible in a few places.”

Some injuries from slips and falls on icy surfaces are expected with some icy patches on some untreated roads, pavements and cycle paths.

The news comes after several yellow weather warnings of snow and ice affected large parts of Scotland last night and this morning and some parts of the country saw heavy snowfall over the weekend.

For further updates, you can check the Met Office’s Interactive Map here.

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