Exact time snow will hit Chesterfield as Storm Goretti arrives tonight: Hour-by-hour forecast as Derbyshire braces for heavy snow

The Met Office has increased the severity of its weather warning for snow across Derbyshire – with an amber warning now in place between 8.00pm on Thursday, January 8 and 9.00am on Friday, January 9.

Rain associated with Storm Goretti will turn readily to heavy snow on Thursday evening, before easing through the course of Friday morning. Accumulations of 10-15cm are likely fairly widely, with the potential for 20-30cm in some locations. This amount of snowfall will occur mainly on hills above 200m in elevation, especially in the Peak District. Snow will ease throughout Friday morning, turning to rain or sleet at low levels, but disruption is likely to persist into Friday after snow stops falling.

An hour-by-hour weather forecast for Chesterfield can be found below (data taken from Accuweather):

Thursday, January 8:

2.00pm: Cloudy.

3.00pm: Snow flurries.

4.00pm: Snow.

5.00pm: Snow.

6.00pm: Cloudy.

7.00pm: Cloudy.

8.00pm: Cloudy.

9.00pm: Snow.

10.00pm: Snow.

11.00pm: Snow.

Midnight: Cloudy.

Friday, January 9:

1.00am: Snow.

2.00am: Snow.

3.00am: Snow flurries.

4.00am: Snow flurries.

5.00am: Cloudy.

6.00am: Cloudy.

7.00am: Cloudy.

8.00am: Rain.

9.00am: Cloudy.

10.00am: Cloudy.

11.00am: Rain and snow.

Midday: Snow flurries.

1.00pm: Cloudy.

2.00pm: Cloudy.

3.00pm: Rain and snow.

4.00pm: Cloudy.

5.00pm: Cloudy.

6.00pm: Cloudy.

7.00pm: Intermittent clouds.

8.00pm: Intermittent clouds.

9.00pm: Intermittent clouds.

10.00pm: Intermittent clouds.