Another Amber Warning Issued

Further wintry showers are expected to affect the island through this afternoon and into this evening before clearing overnight into Friday.

This may fall as sleet/hail to low-levels and as snow/hail over modest hills (around 300 FT). Snow may also begin to fall at low-levels depending on the intensity of the showers.

Further slight snow accumulation of up to 2cm is possible in some places.

In addition, surface temperatures falling below ZERO from around 1700 Hours leading to widespread ice developing on untreated surfaces especially where snowmelt re-freezes or where wintry showers occur.

Temperatures may rise by the end of the night as slighter milder air moves in or in places where the W or SW wind increases fresh.

Remaining sub-zero over the hills for most of the time although temperatures recovering at all levels late morning on Friday.