WEATHER ALERT UPDATE - THURSDAY 18TH NOVEMBER 2004 Category: Level 3 Warning Weather type: Heavy Snow and Gales Affecting: Northern and Eastern Scotland, Northern England, Northern Ireland, Wales and the Midlands Date Valid For: 00:01 Thursday 18th November - 23:59 Friday 19th November 2004 Time Of Issue: 15:45 Thursday 18th November 2004. A strong northerly air flow is establishing itself across the UK. It is likely that Northern and Eastern Scotland will experience snow showers in increasing frequency as we move into the evening and night time period, with several cms of accumulated snow is likely even to low ground. In addition to this strong to gale force winds will effect these areas. Further south, a band of rain is moving slowly through England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The cold air is digging in behind it and it is likely the precipitation will turn to snow above 100m with some small accumulations possible. There may even be sleet or even wet snow down to low levels later. There is some uncertainty about this so please check for updates to this warning Confidence Level: 70% Note: This alert should be considered a guide and we strongly recommend you stay tuned to the Met-Office for further warnings and updates. Expect further updates as and when is necessary. Disclaimer: The owners of net-weather.co.uk hold no responsibility for losses or damage to property or injury to persons due to any information or forecasts contained in this website. The application of any of the information or forecasts within this site are entirely at the users risk. The information and forecasts held on this website and any services linked with the website are provided on an as is basis, the owners of net-weather hold no responsibility for losses or damage to property or injury to persons due to any of these being unavailable at any time.