{"id":20216,"date":"2025-01-01T18:32:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-01T18:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/warning-for-ice-issued-across-northern-ireland\/"},"modified":"2025-01-01T18:32:02","modified_gmt":"2025-01-01T18:32:02","slug":"warning-for-ice-issued-across-northern-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/warning-for-ice-issued-across-northern-ireland\/","title":{"rendered":"Warning for ice issued across Northern Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">A yellow weather warning for ice is in place across Northern Ireland. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The Met Office issued the alert, which started at 16:00 GMT on Wednesday and lasts until 10:00 on Thursday, as Arctic air brings a drop in temperatures.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Water left behind by patchy rain and wintry showers on Wednesday is expected to freeze quickly after nightfall and this is likely to create icy surfaces on untreated roads and pavements.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Slippery conditions could lead to difficult travel and an increased risk of injuries from slips and falls.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Temperatures on Wednesday evening are forecast to fall several degrees below zero, particularly in inland areas away from the coast.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Salting of roads on the scheduled network is planned for Wednesday evening and Thursday morning but road users are advised to exercise caution when travelling, particularly when driving on untreated roads.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The Department for Infrastructure <!-- --><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nidirect.gov.uk\/news\/ice-weather-warning-information-and-advice\" class=\"sc-c9299ecf-0 bZUiKB\">has issued information and advice<!-- --><\/a> for road users as the weather warning begins.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Meanwhile, northern coastal areas may experience wintry showers brought by a chilly northerly wind.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">After an unseasonably mild end to 2024, the new year ushers in much colder weather.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Daytime highs are predicted to reach only the mid-single figures in the next week.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Overnight lows are expected to drop below freezing, especially in rural areas.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c07grnmlyp9o\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A yellow weather warning for ice is in place across Northern Ireland. The Met Office issued the alert, which started at 16:00 GMT on Wednesday and lasts until 10:00 on Thursday, as Arctic air brings a drop in temperatures. Water left behind by patchy rain and wintry showers on Wednesday is expected to freeze quickly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20217,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[903,1064,5781,1175,1022],"class_list":["post-20216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-n-ireland","tag-ice","tag-ireland","tag-issued","tag-northern","tag-warning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20216"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20216\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20218,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20216\/revisions\/20218"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}