Sleet and snow are expected to return this Wednesday, February 18, as temperatures take a sharp dive.
Temperatures will drop sharply across parts of Gwent. In areas including Ebbw Vale, Brynmawr, Tredegar, and Newbridge, it will feel as cold as -4C, with actual temperatures falling to around minus one.
In many of these areas, from 6am, residents should expect a mix of sleet showers and snow. The on-again, off-again sleet showers will impact many of these areas until around midnight that evening.
In Ebbw Vale and the surrounding valleys, snow is expected from 6am on Wednesday, 18 February, to 1 AM on Thursday, 19 February.
In Newbridge, sleet is expected from 6am to 8am on Wednesday, 18 February, with a short break, then again from 5pm on Wednesday, 18 February, to 12am on Thursday, 19 February.
This comes alongside an official Met Office yellow weather warning for snow. The warning covers parts of Wales and central England from 4pm on Wednesday, February 18, until 6am on Thursday, February 19, and was issued by the Met Office at 10:01am on Tuesday.
The Met Office said: “Some small accumulations of snow, typically less than 2cm, are possible to lower elevations, especially from later Wednesday evening into the early hours of Thursday morning.”
Newport, Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Monmouthshire, and Torfaen are all in the areas affected by the warning.
A Met Office spokesman said: "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.
"There is a slight chance that some rural communities could become cut off.
"There is a small chance that power cuts will occur and other services, such as mobile phone coverage, may be affected."
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