Met Office issues new yellow warning for snow and ice in the Highlands on Boxing Day and Tuesday, December 27
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A FURTHER yellow warning has been issued by the Met Office after it forecast further snow in the Highlands.
The new alert is in addition to the one which covered late Christmas Eve and much of Boxing Day, which was due to end at 6pm.
The new warning follows immediately on from that at 6pm, and will remain in place until 3pm on Tuesday.
It covers all of Caithness, Sutherland and Ross-shire, as well as Inverness-shire, Moray and much of Aberdeenshire, Angus and Perthshire, and extending as far south as the islands of Loch Lomond.
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A spokesman said: "Wintry showers will continue through this evening, gradually fading overnight into the early hours of Tuesday morning.
"Accumulating snow will be focused across Highland and Grampian overnight with a further 1-4 cm likely in places above around 150 metres, although patchy snow could accumulate at low levels especially in the far north. The main hazard, however, looks like being ice developing on untreated surfaces.
"Then through Tuesday morning, a spell of snow is expected to move northeast, but gradually turning to rain at low levels through the afternoon. 1-4 cm of snow could fall above around 100 metres, before a thaw commences, but larger accumulations of 5-10 cm seem likely on ground above around 250 metres."
Areas not covered by this snow and ice warning will be subject to a separate alert for ice alone, which will remain in force until 10am on Tuesday.
The warning comes amid ongoing travel disruption caused by the weather, with stormy winds forcing the cancellation of Ullapool-Stornoway services on Boxing Day, as well as the 7am Stornoway-Ullapool departure on Tuesday.
CalMac said it expects services on that route to resume at 10.30am on Tuesday, with the Ullapool-Stornoway sailing.
