Weather maps show Storm Goretti snow dump to hit Wales with 30cm possible

by · Wales Online

Storm Goretti is set to hit Wales in the coming days bringing widespread disruption and a significant amount of snow. The Met Office described Storm Goretti as a "multi-hazard event" with strong winds, heavy rain and snow forecast across much of the country.

The weather agency issued an amber weather warning for large parts of Wales with heavy snowfall expected, creating dangerous travel conditions and a potential danger to life from Thursday evening, January 8, into Friday, January 9. Widespread accumulations of 10–15cm are likely, with 20–30cm possible in some areas, particularly above 200 metres.

The Met Office said rain associated with the storm will turn to snow during Thursday evening, initially over higher ground before spreading to lower levels overnight. Snow is expected to continue into Friday morning before gradually easing.

The amber warning, which carries a medium likelihood and medium impact, covers much of Wales including Powys, Gwynedd, Ceredigion, Carmarthenshire, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Merthyr Tydfil, Caerphilly, Blaenau Gwent, Monmouthshire and Wrexham between 8pm on Thursday and 9am on Friday.

There is also a yellow rain and snow warning covering much of the rest of the country, as well as a wind warning for the southwest coast.

Here are the Met Office weather maps which show when and where Storm Goretti will dump snow in Wales:

Storm Goretti will begin to move in on Thursday morning, first beginning as a band of hail (shown in orange) moving across the country from the south west.(Image: Met Office)
By 1pm, much of south and west Wales will be seeing rain or hail. There is a chance of showers turning wintry, with some sleet and snow in the forecast.(Image: Met Office)
The band of disruptive weather will gradually move across the entire country as the day goes on. By 3pm, there will be more snow flurries.
This is the picture at 5pm, when a Met Office yellow snow warning comes into force. The warning covers the following areas: Blaenau Gwent, Bridgend, Caerphilly, Cardiff, Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Gwynedd, Merthyr Tydfil, Monmouthshire, Neath Port Talbot, Newport, Pembrokeshire, Powys, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Torfaen and Wrexham.(Image: Met Office)