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Ashlie Blakey

It's going to properly snow again in Greater Manchester tonight...here's where and when it's forecast over the next 12 hours

More snow is set to fall in Greater Manchester this evening.

The Met Office has issued another yellow weather warning for snow and ice from 10pm tonight until 10am tomorrow.

The warning covers the whole of the region and spreads across much of the UK.

The alert warns of treacherous conditions on roads and pavements - and predicts travel disruption.

The public are being urged to take care whilst out walking, with 'some injuries from slips and falls on icy surfaces' expected.

Council grit lorries are expected to be deployed across the region on Wednesday night and into Thursday morning.

The alert will remain in force until 10am on Thursday (Met Office)

Some places, particularly in hilly areas above 100m, could see one to three centimetres of snow. Areas above 400m could see five to 10 centimetres of the white stuff.

A number of roads were shut across Greater Manchester on Wednesday morning following snowfall overnight.

Snow fell in hilly parts of the region, causing traffic problems on routes between Manchester and Yorkshire.

Manchester Airport said it would be monitoring conditions.

Highways England also released shocking footage of a car skidding into a motorway barrier in icy conditions as a warning to drivers to take care on the roads.

Snow on Hartshead Pike, near Mossley (Getty Images)

The video shows a red Nissan Micra skidding backwards at speed into the central reservation on the M61 in Lancashire.

Drivers are being urged to slow down, particularly on roads that have been freshly gritted as the salt will not have had time to work into the carriageway.

The agency also recommend drivers carry a snow kit including warm clothes and blankets, food and water in case they get stranded in poor weather.

Check out our guide from The Weather Channel below to see when and where snow is expected to fall in the region on Wednesday overnight into Thursday:

Manchester

9pm - Light rain, 3C, feels like 0C

10pm - Light rain, 3C, feels like 0C

11pm - Light rain, 2C, feels like -1C

12am - Rain/snow showers, 2C, feels like -1C

1am - Light snow, 2C, feels like -1C

2am - Snow, 2C, feels like -1C

3am - Snow, 2C, feels like -1C

4am - Snow, 2C, feels like 0C

5am - Snow, 2C, feels like 2C

6am - Snow, 2C, feels like 2C

7am - Light snow, 2C, feels like 2C

8am - Light snow, 2C, feels like 0C

9am - Snow, 2C, feels like -1C

Snow on the M62 (Highways England)

Bury

9pm - Few snow showers, 3C, feels like -1C

10pm - Snow showers, 2C, feels like -1C

11pm - Snow showers, 2C, feels like -1C

12am - Light snow, 2C, feels like -1C

1am - Snow, 2C, feels like -2C

2am - Snow, 2C, feels like -1C

3am - Snow, 2C, feels like -1C

4am - Snow, 2C, feels like -1C

5am - Snow, 1C, feels like 0C 

6am - Light snow, 1C, feels like 0C

7am - Light snow, 1C, feels like 0C

8am - Snow, 1C, feels like -1C

9am - Snow, 2C, feels like -2C

Rochdale

9pm - Snow showers, 2C, feels like -1C

10pm - Snow showers, 2C, feels like -2C

11pm - Snow showers, 2C, feels like -2C

12am - Light snow, 1C, feels like -2C

1am - Snow, 1C, feels like -2C

2am - Snow, 1C, feels like -2C

3am - Snow, 1C, feels like -2C

4am - Snow, 1C, feels like -1C

5am - Snow, 1C, feels like -1C 

6am - Light snow, 1C, feels like -1C 

7am - Light snow, 1C, feels like 1C

8am - Snow, 1C, feels like -1C 

9am - Mostly cloudy, 1C, feels like -2C

Bolton

9pm - Few snow showers, 3C, feels like -1C

10pm - Rain/snow showers, 2C, feels like -1C

11pm - Rain/snow showers, 2C, feels like -1C

12am - Light snow, 2C, feels like -1C

1am - Snow, 2C, feels like -2C 

2am - Snow, 2C, feels like -2C 

3am - Snow, 2C, feels like -2C 

4am - Snow, 2C, feels like -2C    

5am - Snow, 1C, feels like -1C

6am - Snow, 1C, feels like -1C 

7am - Light snow, 1C, feels like -1C

8am - Snow, 1C, feels like -1C 

9am - Snow, 2C, feels like -2C

Wigan

9pm - Cloudy, 3C, feels like 0C

10pm - Light rain, 3C, feels like 0C

11pm - Light rain, 3C, feels like 0C

12am - Rain/snow, 3C, feels like 0C

1am - Rain/snow, 2C, feels like -1C 

2am - Snow, 2C, feels like -1C 

3am - Snow, 2C, feels like -1C 

4am - Snow, 2C, feels like -1C 

5am - Snow, 2C, feels like 0C

6am - Snow, 2C, feels like 0C  

7am - Light snow, 2C, feels like -1C

8am - Snow, 2C, feels like -2C 

9am - Rain/snow, 3C, feels like -1C

Snow in Grasscroft, Oldham (Stephanie Holt)

Tameside

9pm - Cloudy, 1C, feels like -2C

10pm - Cloudy, 1C, feels like -3C

11pm - Snow showers, 0C, feels like -3C

12am - Snow showers, 0C, feels like -3C

1am - Light snow, 1C, feels like -2C

2am - Light snow, 1C, feels like -2C

3am - Snow, 1C, feels like -2C

4am - Snow, 1C, feels like -2C 

5am - Snow, 1C, feels like -1C 

6am - Light snow, 1C, feels like 1C 

7am - Light snow, 0C, feels like 0C

8am - Light snow, 1C, feels like -1C 

9am - Mostly cloudy, 1C, feels like -3C

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Oldham

9pm - Mostly cloudy, 2C, feels like 0C

10pm - Snow showers, 2C, feels like -2C

11pm - Snow showers, 1C, feels like -2C

12am - Snow showers, 1C, feels like -2C 

1am - Light snow, 1C, feels like -2C 

2am - Snow, 1C, feels like -2C 

3am - Snow, 1C, feels like -2C 

4am - Snow, 1C, feels like -2C 

5am - Snow, 1C, feels like -1C

6am - Light snow, 0C, feels like 0C 

7am - Light snow, 0C, feels like 0C 

8am - Snow, 0C, feels like -1C

9am - Snow, 1C, feels like -2C

Salford

9pm - Cloudy, 3C, feels like 0C

10pm - Light rain, 3C, feels like 0C

11pm - Light rain, 2C, feels like -1C

12am - Rain/snow showers, 2C, feels like 0C

1am - Light snow, 2C, feels like -1C 

2am - Snow, 2C, feels like -1C 

3am - Snow, 2C, feels like -1C   

4am - Snow, 2C, feels like 0C

5am - Snow, 2C, feels like 2C 

6am - Light snow, 2C, feels like 2C  

7am - Light snow, 2C, feels like 2C

8am - Snow, 2C, feels like 0C 

9am - Snow, 2C, feels like -1C

Trafford

9pm - Mostly cloudy, 3C, feels like 0C

10pm - Cloudy, 3C, feels like -1C

11pm - Light rain, 2C, feels like -1C

12am - Light rain, 2C, feels like -1C

1am - Rain/snow, 2C, feels like 0C 

2am - Rain/snow, 2C, feels like 0C 

3am - Snow, 2C, feels like -1C 

4am - Snow, 2C, feels like 0C 

5am - Snow, 2C, feels like 0C 

6am - Light snow, 2C, feels like 2C 

7am - Light snow, 2C, feels like 2C

8am - Light snow, 2C, feels like 0C

9am - Snow, 2C, feels like -1C

Stockport

9pm - Mostly cloudy, 4C, feels like 1C

10pm - Cloudy, 2C, feels like -1C

11pm - Rain/snow, 2C, feels like -1C

12am - Rain/snow showers, 2C, feels like -1C 

1am - Light snow, 2C, feels like -1C 

2am - Light snow, 2C, feels like -1C    

3am - Snow, 2C, feels like -1C

4am - Snow, 2C, feels like 0C 

5am - Snow, 2C, feels like 2C 

6am - Light snow, 2C, feels like 2C 

7am - Light snow, 1C, feels like 1C

8am - Light snow, 2C, feels like 2C 

 9am - Snow, 2C, feels like -1C

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