Friday 11/12/2015: Gritting and Weather Update - AMBER Status

Gritting Nottingham

Nottingham City Council - Highway & Energy Infrastructure
The Winter Service 2015/16 - Gritting Decision

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Issued 11.30am Friday 11th December 2015
Valid for the period 12:00pm Friday 11th December 2015 to Saturday 12th December 2015
Issued by Richard Dunn

 

Carriageways No Action Required
   

 

Today's Forecast

Dry and fine today with sunny spells. Quite breezy with moderate to fresh southwesterly winds. Dry overnight with lighter winds and largely clear at first, allowing an early dip in RSTs down to a minimum of 1.5 but turning increasingly cloudy through the night. A band of rain will arrive from the west from around 0600, bringing persistent rain throughout Saturday morning. There is a low risk of some sleet falling from 1000, but no accumulations are expected. This risk may continue into the early afternoon on Saturday, but still not accumulations are expected. There is also some uncertainty regarding the location and timing of the rain/sleet.

 

Outlook for the next four days (forecasts run from midday to midday)
Saturday

It will be cloudy with further light to moderate rain through the day, but turning dry overnight. The morning should start dry and cloudy, but with some light rain spreading back in from the south again later on Sunday morning. It will be quite breezy on Saturday with moderate to locally fresh winds. The winds then easing overnight and becoming light. Minimum RSTs plus 1.

Sunday

It will be cloudy with spells of light and patchy rain on Sunday. It will be dry overnight with a few clear spells around. Dry with sunny spells on Monday morning. Light winds on Sunday and overnight, but becoming moderate to fresh on Monday morning.

Monday

and

Tuesday

Often quite windy with spells of light to occasionally moderate rain from Monday afternoon to Wednesday morning, but dry at times as well.

 

Please Note: The colour code used for the headings for these forecast refer to the weather forecast and not the need to grit.

RED - The weather will cause road surface temperatures (RSTs) to fall or stay below zero.
AMBER - The weather may cause road surface temperatures (RSTs) to fall below zero.
GREEN - The weather will not cause road surface temperatures (RSTs) to fall below zero.
 
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