New Year's Day snow in Inverness as Met Office issues fresh ice alert

THE Met Office has issued a new weather warning to alert people in the |Highlands over icy conditions.

A warning for snow and ice is already active for the region until noon today.

A new ice warning has been issued for 6pm until 11am on Monday, January 2.

Many areas have witnessed snow on the first day of the year.

The new warning states: "Icy stretches likely to form Sunday evening

"Some injuries from slips and falls on icy surfaces. Probably some icy patches on some untreated roads, pavements and cycle paths."

The Yellow weather warning is the least severe of a colour-coded scale thst escalates to Amber and Red for more disruptive conditions.

Yellow means:

• Severe weather is possible over the next few days and could affect you. You should plan ahead thinking about possible travel delays, or the disruption of your day to day activities.
• The Met Office is monitoring the developing weather situation and Yellow means keep an eye on the latest forecast and be aware that the weather may change or worsen, leading to disruption of your plans in the next few days.

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