Hour-by-hour snow forecast: How long will it keep snowing in Sheffield?

Sheffield is braced for up to ten hours of snowfall today as the temperature in the city plunges to freezing.
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The Met Office has sounded a yellow warning for snow and ice across the city which is valid until 9pm this evening (Thursday, January 14).

It covers the risk of snow and sleet this afternoon across a swathe of northern England, as well as the risk of ice with rain falling on frozen surfaces.

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It will feel ‘bitterly cold’ with ‘ice and frost’ today, say the Met Office, with snow becoming lighter, patchy, and mainly focussed over the hills later, but with extensive hill fog. The maximum temperature will only rise as high as 3 °C.

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More snow could be in store this weekend too, with an additional yellow weather warning in place on Saturday between 3am and 9pm, when the Met Office says a band of heavy snow may lead to further travel disruption, road closures and power cuts.

The Met Office says there is a continued risk of wintry, unsettled weather into next week as warm and cold air continue to battle it out above the UK and weather fronts try to make headway across the country.

Here is the hour-by-hour forecast for Sheffield today:

9am: Light snow and light rain

10am: Heavy snow

11am: Heavy snow

12pm: Heavy snow

1pm: Heavy snow

2pm: Heavy snow

3pm: Heavy snow

4pm: Heavy snow

5pm: Heavy snow

6pm: Light snow

7pm: Light snow

8pm: Overcast

9pm: Overcast

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