HEREFORDSHIRE has been issued with a new weather warning ahead of wintery weather continuing into the weekend.

The Met Office had previously issued Herefordshire with snow and ice warnings, but has now changed that to just ice.

Temperatures have fallen as low as -10C this week in Herefordshire, with the low recorded at SHobdon, near Leominster, the Met Office said.

But temperatures look set to pick up into the weekend, with temperatures ranging between 6C and 7C in Hereford on Sunday.

The yellow weather warning from 3am until 2pm on Sunday has been issued as forecasters say a period of rain and snow mixed falling on frozen surfaces will lead to icy conditions and cause some travel disruption.

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The Met Office said some injuries from slips and falls on icy surfaces are possible, as are icy patches on untreated roads, pavements and cycle paths

There is also a chance that road, air and rail services could be disrupted or delayed, it said.

The band of rain could be snow, with the Met Office forecast suggesting Bromyard and western parts of the county near Presteigne and Hay-on-Wye could see snow in the early hours of Sunday morning.

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Forecasters said: "Widespread frozen surfaces ahead of a band of rain, sleet and snow, pushing northeast across the UK though Sunday, leads to a risk of icy conditions through the morning and early afternoon, before conditions turning much milder from the west.

"Any sleet or snow, at least to low levels, will likely only last an hour or two, before turning readily to rain, but this still onto frozen surfaces for a time.

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"Temporary accumulations of one to two centimetres to lower levels, and perhaps locally three to five centimetres across the Welsh mountains, with any snow starting to melt readily from late morning.

"As this will melt rapidly, snowmelt may briefly add to the ice risk. In addition to the ice and snow risk, strong winds are expected, mainly over higher ground."