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Manchester Evening News
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Charlotte Dobson

Met Office says snow and floods are forecast for Manchester as weather warning issued

Snow and rain is forecast to hit Greater Manchester in the next 24 hours.

The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for snow, rain and flooding on Monday.

Forecasters say the unsettled weather could bring travel disruption to the region.

Rain and snow is forecast between 2am and 3pm on Monday.

Wet and windy conditions are forecast for the start of the day, with snow falling in hilly areas.

The yellow warning says there could be travel delays on roads, as well as disruption to rail and air travel.

Commuters could face cancellations.

Vehicles and passengers could be stranded, and there could be power cuts. Mobile phone coverage could be affected.

"Spray and flooding could lead to difficult driving conditions and some road closures," the warning states.

Snow on Saddleworth Moor last January (Manchester Evening News)

"Some rural communities could become cut off."

Tonight, temperatures will drop to 0C and rise to a maximum of 12C on Monday.

After a wet start, conditions will dry off in the afternoon.

More showers could fall until the evening.

The Met Office forecast said: "A band of rain reaching southern parts of northern England during Sunday night quickly turns to snow before spreading northeastwards across the rest of the warning area.

"Across northern England, snow will then turn to rain from the south and west through the course of the morning before slowly turning to rain at lower levels over the part of the warning area in Scotland.

"The bulk of accumulations will be above 200 metres where 2-5 cm is likely in many areas whilst above 300 to 400 metres 5 to 10 cm is expected.

"At lower levels accumulations will be smaller, patchier and shorter-lived and it may be that little, if any, snow falls in some eastern coastal areas.

"A brief spell of freezing rain is possible as snow begins to turn to rain, leading to icy stretches. Meanwhile, given saturated ground and recent flooding, the combination of snow melt and rain may also bring about some disruption, mainly over parts of northern England."

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