A YELLOW weather warning of snow and ice has been issued by the Met Office for the North-East and North Yorkshire.

The warning runs from 12pm today to 11am on Wednesday.

Forecasters said a band of rain is due to push east across England on Tuesday evening and, meeting with cold air, is likely to turn to snow overnight.

Traffic cameras have picked up the snowfall on higher ground in County Durham.

The Northern Echo:

Traffic camera on the A689 at Lanehead, County Durham

The Northern Echo:

Heavy snowfall at Forest-in-Teesdale, County Durham, at 7am on Tuesday morning

About 0.4in to 1.2in (1cm-3cm) could accumulate on lower-lying levels, with the possibility of 2in to 4in (5cm-10cm) falling on higher ground, forecasters said.

The Northern Echo:

The Met Office weather warning for snow and ice covers the whole of the North-East and Yorkshire

Forecaster Ellie Creed said: “It’s a case of normal wintry hazards that we would expect – snow, ice, frost are going to be quite prevalent over the next few days.”

The Northern Echo:

The region saw it's most significant snowfall of the winter so far on January 17

It follows a windy weekend which left parts of Wales without electricity on Sunday as overhead cables were felled.

Strong northerly winds with gusts of up to 70mph pounded the west and east coasts.