Wednesday 13/01/2016: Gritting and Weather Update - AMBER Status

Nottingham City Council sent this bulletin at 13-01-2016 01:36 PM GMT

Gritting Nottingham

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

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Issued 13.35 pm Wednesday 13th January 2016
Valid for the period 12:00pm Wednesday 13th January 2016 to Thursday 14th January 2016
Issued by Tony Thacker 

 

Carriageways No Action Required
   

 

Today's Forecast

Some bright spells at first but turning cloudier from the west through the afternoon with isolated showers from 1500 onwards and after dusk becoming more frequent perhaps with a wintry element of sleet or soft hail but no settling expected. Near the end of the night some some RSTs to dip close to zero. Thursday morning further showers some wintry and sometimes merging to rain and feeling cold in brisk northwesterly winds .

 

Outlook for the next four days (forecasts run from midday to midday)
Thursday Windy, with any early rain, sleet or snow soon clearing during the early afternoon on Thursday and lengthy sunny spells developing. Dry, cold and clear overnight with a widespread early frost developing as winds ease. Dry and largely sunny on Friday morning..

Friday

Dry and sunny on Friday afternoon, but remaining breezy. Cold and clear overnight with a widespread early frost developing. Turning cloudier on Saturday morning.

Saturday

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Sunday

Scattered sleet or snow showers with sunny intervals on Saturday afternoon. Some accumulations possible. Similar overnight with a widespread frost expected. Becoming dry and sunny on Sunday as the winds ease. Clear and very cold overnight with a widespread, locally severe frost developing. Localised freezing fog patches may also develop on Sunday night into Monday morning in prone low-lying areas. Fine and dry on Monday morning.
 

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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