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New yellow weather warning issued by Met Office for parts of the Highlands; new alert comes just hours after previous warning for ice, snow and sleet showers ended; new alert covers Inverness, Black Isle, the Great Glen, Easter Ross, eastern Sutherland, Caithness, Moray, the Cairngorms and south towards Perth


By Philip Murray

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The new alert comes into force at 6pm on Wednesday. Picture: Met Office.
The new alert comes into force at 6pm on Wednesday. Picture: Met Office.

A FRESH weather warning for ice has been issued by the Met Office, less than an hour after its latest alert came to an end.

Forecasters are warning of icy patches and further wintry showers – with the new alert coming into force at 6pm on Wednesday and running until 10am on Thursday.

Warning of possible travel disruption, a forecaster for the Met Office said there was a probability of icy patches on "untreated roads, pavements and cycle paths".

The warning affects Inverness, the Black Isle, parts of the Great Glen, Mid and Easter Ross, eastern Sutherland and Caithness. It also extends east into Moray, south into the Cairngorms and down towards Perth.

It comes after showers dumped fresh snow on Highland peaks overnight, and brought heavy rain to other areas.

The rain caused a number of landslides on some Highland roads, including the C1112 Glen Affric Road. A temporary 3.5 tonne weight restriction has been brought in on that route by Highland Council, which warned that the limit will "remain in place until slope stabilisation works have been completed".

Elsewhere a landslide on Skye temporarily cut off Kylerhea from the rest of the island - although a "controlled route" was allowing traffic through this morning.

At sea, some ferry crossings were cancelled in the Minch, with the Uig to Harris route suspended for all of Wednesday and a revised timetable in place for Thursday. The Ullapool to Stornoway route, meanwhile, was operating on Wednesday - following partial timetable cancellations on Monday and Tuesday - although CalMac was advising passengers that all sailings remained "liable to disruption or cancellation at short notice" and urged people to check its website for any updates.

For the latest information about the Met Office weather warnings, visit its website.


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