SNOWFALL, sleet and below freezing temperatures are forecast for today, January 8, all across Gwent.
Forecasts by the Met Office show that snowfall is predicted to start in areas of Gwent this afternoon, including Newport and the Gwent Valleys.
Overnight temperatures will be as low as -6°, marking the coldest day of the year.
From three o’clock, sleet, snow and hail are expected to hammer down on Gwent towns, so here is the hourly forecast:
Newport
3pm: 3° (feels like -1°) 60% of the area to be covered in sleet
4pm: 2° (feels like -2°), 60% of the area to be covered in sleet
5pm: 2°, 80% of the area to be covered in sleet
6pm: 2°, 80% of the area to be covered in sleet
7pm: 1°, 60% of the area to be covered in sleet
8pm: 2°, cloudy
9pm: 1°, cloudy
10pm: 1°, cloudy
11pm: 1°, cloudy
Ebbw Vale
4pm: 1°, 60% of the area to be covered by snowfall
5pm: 0°, 70% of the area to be covered by snowfall
6pm: 0°, 70% of the area to be covered by snowfall
7pm: 0°, 50% of the area to be covered by snowfall
8pm: 0°, snowfall to have stopped
9pm: 0°, cloudy
10pm: 0°, cloudy
11pm: 0°, cloudy
Caerphilly (Blaenau Gwent)
3pm: 2°, 70% of the area to be covered in sleet
4pm: 2°, 80% of the area to be covered in sleet
5pm: 1°, 90% of the area to be covered in sleet
6pm: 1°, (feels like -3°), 80% of the area to be covered in sleet
7pm: 1°, 50% of the area to be covered in sleet
8pm: 1°, 20% of the area to be covered in sleet
9pm: 1°, cloudy
10pm: 1°, cloudy
11pm: 1°, cloudy
Blaenavon (Torfaen)
4pm: 1° (feels like -3°), 70% of the area to be covered in snow
5pm: 0°, 80% of the area to be covered in snow
6pm: 0°, (feels like -4°), 80% of the area to be covered in snow
7pm: 0°, 80% of the area to be covered in snow
8pm: 0°, (feels like -5°), cloudy
9pm: 0°, cloudy
10pm: 0°, cloudy
11pm: 0°, cloudy
Monmouth (Monmouthshire)
5pm: 2°, (feels like 0°), 50% of the area to be covered in sleet
6pm: 2°, (feels like 0°), 50% of the area to be covered in sleet
7pm: 2°, (feels like 0°), 40% of the area to be covered in sleet
8pm: 2°, cloudy
9pm: 2°, cloudy