A new yellow alert for ice has now been issued by the Met Office. In force between 4.00pm today and 10.00am on Friday (January 10), the warning covers the whole of the Liverpool City Region including Liverpool, Wirral, Sefton, Knowsley, St Helens and Halton.
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00:00Dozens of schools across Merseyside remained closed on Thursday as the thick
00:04frozen snow continued to create icy hazards and sleet and hail fell across
00:10the region. A weather warning for snow and ice ended at 11 a.m. however a new
00:14yellow alert for ice has now been issued by the Met Office. The warning covers the
00:20whole of the Liverpool City region including Liverpool, Wirral, Safton,
00:24Knowsley, St Helens and Halton. According to the Met Office scattered wintery
00:28showers on Thursday evening will slowly fade overnight leading to the risk of
00:32icy patches on untreated surfaces as temperatures fall below freezing. The
00:36Weather Service added isolated snow accumulations of 2 to 4 centimetres will
00:42be possible. In Liverpool temperatures will drop as low as minus 3 degrees
00:47Celsius leading to severe frost, freezing fog patches and icy stretches.
00:53Friday will remain cold with a high of 1 degree Celsius and a low of minus 1.