Met office issues yellow weather warning for whole of the New Forest and Christchurch

A YELLOW snow and ice warning has now been issued for the whole of the New Forest and Christchurch.

The Met Office alert has been put in place across the entire southern part of England and Wales between midnight tomorrow (Wednesday) and 9am on Thursday.

It is forecast that "a period of snow is likely to cause some travel disruption", with possible road closures and delays to or cancellations of bus and train services.

"An area of rain, sleet and snow is expected to develop over southwest England during Tuesday evening and move east during early Wednesday before clearing mid-morning," stated the Met Office.

"Whilst drier conditions may develop for a time through the middle of the day, a further spell of sleet and snow is likely to develop during the afternoon and move east into the evening.

"At this stage, the focus for the higher snow accumulations is across England south of the M4 during later Wednesday where there is a chance that some places could see 5-10cm falling in a few hours."