THE Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning of snow and ice for parts of the North West.

The warning will be in place from 5pm tonight to 10pm on Tuesday.

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Rain is expected to move in from the west, falling as snow above 200-300m for a time, giving a risk of temporary snowfall accumulations of 1 to 2cm and perhaps up to 5cm over high ground above 400m.

There will also be a risk of patchy ice where rain, sleet and snow fall on frozen surfaces.

The Met Office warned: “A weather front will move eastwards on Monday afternoon and evening bringing rain to much of the north and west.

"The rain is expected to fall as snow above 200-300m for a time on Monday, but will turn back to rain by the early hours of Tuesday morning."