Friday 22/01/2016: Gritting and Weather Update - AMBER Status
Nottingham City Council sent this bulletin at 22-01-2016 12:02 PM GMTNottingham City Council - Highway & Energy Infrastructure |
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Issued | 12:00pm Friday 22nd January 2016 |
Valid for the period | 12:00pm Friday 22nd January 2016 to Saturday 23rd January 2016 |
Issued by | Richard Dunn |
Carriageways | Possible gritting tonight - update needed later from Met Office. |
Today's Forecast |
It will be a dull start to the afternoon with persistent rain, this clearing by 1400 with some late afternoon sunshine developing. Overnight it will remain dry with clear spells allowing RST's to dip just below freezing with the risk of hoar frost developing. Through the morning it will remain dry but it will become rather dull with low cloud and mist developing. Minimum RSTs minus 0.5. |
Outlook for the next four days (forecasts run from midday to midday) | |
Saturday |
Dry during the afternoon with light winds and sunny spells. Cloud will thicken by the evening, winds will strengthen and outbreaks of rain will spread in from the west. It will then stay cloudy and breezy overnight and through Sunday morning with further outbreaks of rain at times. |
Sunday |
Breezy, rather cloudy and mild with outbreaks of mainly light rain throughout the period. |
Mondayand Tuesday |
Cloudy and windy on Monday with further outbreaks of rain at times through the day and overnight. RSTs could drop close to freezing by Tuesday morning but should stay just above. Tuesday will then become mainly dry with some sunny spells during the day. Clear spells into the evening will allow temperatures to fall close freezing, before cloud and rain arrives from the west later in the night. |
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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