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| Storm Doris forecast prompts amber snow warning | Storm Doris forecast prompts amber snow warning |
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| The Met Office has updated its warning for snow associated with Thursday's arrival of Storm Doris. | The Met Office has updated its warning for snow associated with Thursday's arrival of Storm Doris. |
| On Tuesday, the Met Office issued a yellow "be aware" warning for parts of the Highlands, Aberdeenshire, central and southern Scotland. | On Tuesday, the Met Office issued a yellow "be aware" warning for parts of the Highlands, Aberdeenshire, central and southern Scotland. |
| Wednesday's update sees it updated to amber "be prepared" for central and southern Scotland. | Wednesday's update sees it updated to amber "be prepared" for central and southern Scotland. |
| Accumulations of 10 to 15cm "are likely quite widely" in the parts of Scotland covered by the amber warning. | Accumulations of 10 to 15cm "are likely quite widely" in the parts of Scotland covered by the amber warning. |
| The Met Office added that 20 to 30cm of snow could fall on hills above 300m. | The Met Office added that 20 to 30cm of snow could fall on hills above 300m. |
| The amber warning lasts from 02:00 until 18:00 Thursday. | |
| Southern Scotland is expected to experience the heaviest snow falls and the weather could affect travel and power supplies. The south of Scotland is also covered by a new yellow warning for heavy rain. | |
| A yellow warning for snow is in place for other parts of Scotland. | A yellow warning for snow is in place for other parts of Scotland. |
| The Met Office said snow could fall to depths of three to 6cm on ground above 200m with 10cm or more above 300m. There could be accumulation of 1-3cm of snow at lower levels. | |
| Storm Doris is forecast to bring potentially damaging high winds to England and Wales and has prompted an amber warning, which has also been updated to cover a larger area. | Storm Doris is forecast to bring potentially damaging high winds to England and Wales and has prompted an amber warning, which has also been updated to cover a larger area. |
| Doris is the latest storm to be named by the Met Office, and follows Angus in November and December's Barbara and Conor. | Doris is the latest storm to be named by the Met Office, and follows Angus in November and December's Barbara and Conor. |
| While snow is far from unexpected in winter, heavy snowfalls followed shortly afterwards by milder weather have been a mark of this Scottish winter. | While snow is far from unexpected in winter, heavy snowfalls followed shortly afterwards by milder weather have been a mark of this Scottish winter. |
| On Wednesday, parts of northern Scotland, including the Highlands and Orkney, have been experiencing strong gusts of wind. | On Wednesday, parts of northern Scotland, including the Highlands and Orkney, have been experiencing strong gusts of wind. |
| A yellow warning of gusts of 65-70 mph and locally 75-80 mph over parts of the Northern Isles is in place until 15:00 on Wednesday. | A yellow warning of gusts of 65-70 mph and locally 75-80 mph over parts of the Northern Isles is in place until 15:00 on Wednesday. |
| For later this week, a yellow warning for heavy rain has been issued for western parts of Scotland. | |
| The Met Office has issued the warning to cover most of Saturday. | |
| It said: "A large area of rain is expected to cross the UK on Saturday. | |
| "Whilst expected rainfall amounts, 50-75mm over high ground, are not unusual for February this follows a number of wet days. | |
| "In addition there will be some melting of lying snow." |