Derbyshire snow: Met Office issues weather warning as snow set to hit Derbyshire and the Peak District tonight amid cold health warning – where will it snow?

Yellow weather warning for snow will be in place in Derbyshire between 4pm today (Wednesday, February 18) and 6am tomorrow (Thursday, February 19).

Here is everything you need to know including the weather warning, cold weather health alert and exact time and locations where will it snow.

Met Office issues weather warning for snow across Derbyshire

Snow and rain are expected to cause disruption across the county in the evening and overnight.

There is a small chance of travel delays on roads with some stranded vehicles and passengers, along with delayed or cancelled rail and air travel and a slight chance that some rural communities could become cut off, the Met Office has warned.

There is also a small chance that power cuts will occur and other services, such as mobile phone coverage, may be affected.

A spokesperson for the Met Office said: “Whilst there is some uncertainty in the details, there is the potential for an area of rain and snow to affect parts of Wales, central England and into the southern Pennines during Wednesday evening and overnight into Thursday.

“2-5 cm of snow could accumulate quite widely above 150-200 metres, with perhaps as much as 10-15 cm above 250-300 metres in mid and southeast Wales, as well as Herefordshire, Shropshire and the southern Pennines.

"Some small accumulations of snow, typically less than 2 cm, are possible to lower elevations, especially from later Wednesday evening into the early hours of Thursday morning.

“Strong east to northeasterly winds will accompany the snow, which could exacerbate impacts in places.”

Cold health alert in place across Derbyshire

The Weather health alerting system is provided by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) in partnership with the Met Office.

It's intended to provide early warning to the health and social care sector, the responder community, the voluntary and community sector and government departments when adverse temperatures are likely to impact on the health and wellbeing of the population.

A yellow cold health alert for Derbyshire was issued at 6pm yesterday (Tuesday, February 17) and will remain until 6pm on Friday (February 20).

The alert means that cold weather is likely to have minor impacts on health and social care services, including increased use of healthcare services by vulnerable people and greater risk to life of vulnerable people.

This comes after temperatures in parts of Derbyshire are set to plummet to -1°C.

When and where can Derbyshire and the Peak District expect to see snow?

While rain and snow are expected to cause disruption across the county this evening, forecasters said there was some uncertainty in the details.

With temperatures being close to 0°C rain is likely to turn into sleet and snow.

According to BBC Weather, the High Peak is set to see up to 17 hours of snow – including in Buxton where snow is expected to fall from 4pm today (Wednesday, February 18) until 9am tomorrow (Thursday, February 19).

Snow is also expected in many parts of the Peak District tonight, including Hope, Castleton and Hathersage when snow flakes are set to fall from 6pm to 11pm.

Other parts of the Peak District, including Edale, and Eyam are likely to see even more snow – with the snow expected to fall between 5pm tonight and 9am tomorrow morning.

Bakewell is not set to see snow this time, with sleet expected between 4pm today and 12 noon tomorrow.

North Derbyshire is more likely to see sleet than snow as well – with sleet set to batter Chesterfield and Dronfield from 5pm and overnight until the morning.

Alfreton, Heanor and Matlock are not set to see snow tonight either, with sleet expected after 5pm and overnight according to BBC Weather.