WITH much of the country still recovering from last week’s floods and disruption, the Met Office has issued further yellow warnings of snow affecting much of Scotland.
The areas covered by the warnings are central Scotland, Tayside and Fife, Grampian, Highlands and Eilean Siar, south-west Scotland, the Lothians, Borders and Strathclyde. The warnings will remain in force until 10pm tomorrow and the Met Office has warned that the snow may bring disruption, especially on high ground.
There could be possible travel delays on roads stranding some vehicles and passengers and possible delays or cancellations to rail and air travel. Some rural communities could become cut off and power cuts may occur while other services, such as mobile phone coverage, may be affected.
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There are still four flood alerts in places in Scotland and 10 flood warnings. The Scottish Environmental Protection Agency had initially issued many more alerts and warnings but these have gradually been lifted.
The area between Callander and Stirling and between Aviemore and Grantown are still subject to flood warnings, as is Balloch and Alexandria in West Dunbartonshire.
Should there be much more rain across the UK later in the week, it is highly likely that a new rainfall record for February will be set.
There has been an average of 5.5ins of rain across the UK so far, short of the 7.6ins recorded in 1990 with the second-highest figure of 6.6ins set in 1990.
Dan Suri, chief forecaster at the Met Office, commented: “A relatively deep area of low-pressure system on Monday provides a continuation of the extremely unsettled period the UK has endured. Despite reports to the contrary, this system hasn’t been named, and there is no plan to do so currently, despite some speculation on social media.”
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