Salisbury is set for heavy snow for a brief period this weekend, according to the Met Office weather forecast for the city.

UPDATE - The best pictures as Salisbury wakes up to snow

A yellow weather warning urging residents to be aware of icy roads had been in place until 10.30am on Saturday (January 23).

A second yellow warning comes into effect at 3am on Sunday (January 24), lasting until 6pm the same day.

It is during this second period that Salisbury could actually see some snowfall, if the Met Office hour by hour forecast is correct.

If you want to make sure you witness the white stuff you will need to get up early on Sunday morning.

Light snow is predicted to fall from 6am.

But it’s between 8am and 9am that the Met Office says ‘heavy snow’ could hit, with temperatures likely to be at 0C and an 80% chance of precipitation.

Here’s the hour by hour forecast for Salisbury in full for Saturday afternoon, all of Sunday and then the available summary for Monday morning (January 25) as it stands:

Saturday, January 23

1pm

Sunny intervals, 4C, chance of precipitation <5%

2pm

Cloudy, 4C, <5%

3pm

Cloudy, 4C, 10%

4pm

Sunny intervals, 4C, chance of precipitation <5%

5pm

Clear night, 2C, <5%

6pm

Clear night, 2C, <5%

7pm

Clear night, 1C, <5%

8pm

Clear night, 0C, <5%

9pm

Clear night, 0C, <5%

10pm

Clear night, -1C, <5%

11pm

Clear night, -1C, <5%

Sunday, January 24

12am

Clear night, -1C, <5%

1am

Clear night, -2C, <5%

2am

Cloudy, -2C, <5%

3am

Cloudy, -2C, <5%

4am

Cloudy, -2C, 10%

5am

Cloudy, -1C, 10%

6am

Light snow, -1C, 60%

7am

Light snow, 0C, 60%

8am

Heavy snow, 0C, 80%

9am

Sleet, 1C, 60%

10am

Sleet, 1C, 50%

11am

Cloudy, 2C, 10%

12pm

Overcast, 2C, 20%

1pm

Overcast, 3C, 20%

2pm

Cloudy, 3C, 10%

3pm

Cloudy, 3C, 10%

4pm

Overcast, 2C, 10%

5pm

Cloudy, 2C, 10%

6pm

Cloudy, 1C, 10%

7pm

Cloudy, 1C, 10%

8pm

Overcast, 1C, 10%

9pm

Cloudy, 1C, 10%

10pm

Partly cloudy night, 0C, <5%

11pm

Clear night, 0C, <5%

Monday morning (January 25)

12am

Clear night, -1C, <5%

3am

Clear night, -2C, <5%

6am

Clear night, -2C, <5%

9am

Sunny day, -1C, <5%

12pm

Sunny day, 4C, <5%

See the latest Salisbury Met Office forecast.

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