A yellow weather warning is now in force across Bolton for snow until 6am tomorrow, Friday, February 9.

Very light snow is currently falling in Bolton and is expected to get heavier by noon.

The Met Office predicted earlier this week the borough would be hit with heavy snow for most of today, Thursday, February 8, but the weather forecast has been updated.

The Met Office said strong and gusty easterly winds may lead to “some drifting in places”, and that 10-15cm of snow is expected quite widely across the warning area.

Met Office meteorologist Amy Bokota said that most places would see a return to milder conditions by the end of Thursday.

She said: “It will be quite a short-lived cold snap for much of the UK but continuing on a little bit longer through parts of northern England and Scotland into the early hours of Friday and the start of the weekend.”

The Bolton News: Warning covers all of BoltonWarning covers all of Bolton (Image: Met Office)Hour-by-hour weather forecast for Bolton:

Today there will be highs of 2°C and lows of 1°C, the sun will set at 5.05pm and there will be strong winds of up to 43 miles per hour.

11AM: Sleet, 1°C, wind gusts of 31 miles per hour.

12PM: Heavy snow, 1°C, wind gusts of 33 miles per hour.

1PM: Heavy snow, 1°C, wind gusts of 33 miles per hour.

2PM: Sleet, 1°C, wind gusts of 33 miles per hour.

3PM: Light rain, 1°C, wind gusts of 33 miles per hour.

4PM: Light rain, 1°C, wind gusts of 33 miles per hour.

5PM: Light rain, 1°C, wind gusts of 35 miles per hour.

6PM: Overcast, 2°C, wind gusts of 35 miles per hour.

7PM: Overcast, 2°C, wind gusts of 37 miles per hour.

8PM: Light rain, 2°C, wind gusts of 37 miles per hour.

9PM: Light rain, 2°C, wind gusts of 40 miles per hour.

10PM: Light rain, 2°C, wind gusts of 41 miles per hour.

11PM: Heavy rain, 2°C, wind gusts of 43 miles per hour.

Midnight: Heavy rain, 2°C, wind gusts of 43 miles per hour.

Going into Friday there will be highs of 8°C and lows of 5°C, the sun will rise at 7.42am and the sun will set at 5.07pm.

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