Met Office issues new snow warning for Birmingham and entire Midlands

Weather experts have updated forecasts for Sunday and Monday

More snow is set to hit the Midlands on Sunday.

The Met Office has extended its weather warnings for snow and ice across the entire Midlands.

Updated forecasts show snow is now likely to drift further across the region than originally thought.

The white stuff is expected to arrive from late afternoon on Sunday and into the evening.

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The Met Office initially had a yellow warning for snow and ice in place for parts of the West Midlands, including Birmingham, the Black Country, Staffordshire and Shropshire.

A new warning is now in place covering the eastern part of Birmingham, as well as Coventry, Nottingham and Leicester.

New weather warnings are in place.

It will take effect from 8pm tonight and remain in place until 11am tomorrow (Monday).

An earlier weather warning for the west of the region is in place from noon on Sunday.

Snow will move in from the west, passing over from Wales into the Midlands during Sunday evening.

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It could spark travel chaos on Monday, the first normal working week of the new year.

The Met Office said: “Snow showers are expected to push further inland across Wales, parts of north-west England, the West Midlands and south-west England during Sunday afternoon and evening.

“Along windward coasts, some rain and sleet is likely, but inland showers will fall as snow.

“Whilst not all locations in the warning area will see snow, 1-3 cm could develop in many places by Monday morning, with the potential for 5-8 cm to build up in a few locations, particularly across inland and higher parts of Wales.

“Icy stretches are likely to form widely.

They added in a new update: “A band of snow showers will move south during Sunday evening and into the early hours of Monday, giving a covering of 1-3 cm of snow in places and leading to ice on untreated surfaces.

“Further snow showers are likely across eastern England during Monday morning.”

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