Third snow dump looming for Wales in wake of Storm Goretti

ANOTHER snowfront could be set to move across Wales in the wake of Storm Goretti.

- By ANDREW FORGRAVE Countryside and Tourism Editor

Another bitterly cold morning up in the hills of Pentrecelyn, Vale of Clwyd

Weather models show a second Atlantic low moving across the country on Sunday, January 11, dropping more snow as it bumps into cold air.

Where it falls on existing accumulations, significant snow depths are possible the European ECM model is predicting up to 29cm in parts of Mid Wales between Thursday and Sunday, January 8-11. With next week forecast to be milder, rapid snow melt is expected, possibly leading to local flooding as more bands of rain arrive.

The Met Office has issued a yellow alert for snow from Thursday evening, when Storm Goretti is forecast to make landfall. Highest overnight snowfalls totals are expected in South Wales and eastern parts of the country. Sunday's low is less intense but the focus this time may be on North Wales -though the low's track might change in the interim.