Met Office issues new weather warning for Greater Manchester with one road deemed 'impassable' due to snow
Heavy snow has fallen across the UK with some areas of Greater Manchester being affected.
A yellow weather warning for snow covers parts of Greater Manchester including Rochdale, Oldham, Tameside, Stockport, and parts of Bury and east Manchester, until midday.
Saddleworth has seen some of the most significant snowfall, with the A640 impassable due to the wintry conditions in Denshaw.
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Manchester weather forecast
Today, is due to be cloudy, cold and wet with rain or sleet at times, occasionally falling as snow, mainly over hills. Icy roads and travel disruption possible, mainly over higher ground. Winds gradually easing. Maximum temperature 5 °C.
Tonight, you can expect isolated showers this evening, wintry over the hills, then mainly dry overnight with clear spells and a risk of frost and ice. Patchy freezing fog forming. Minimum temperature -1 °C.
Tomorrow will be a drier day for most with sunny spells in places but still a chance of showers, these wintry at times and most frequent in the west. Feeling rather cold. Maximum temperature 5 °C.
Starting mostly dry on Sunday but rain perhaps preceded by hill snow arriving later. Turning milder thereafter with heavy showers or longer spells of rain. Becoming windy at times.