Thread by @cardiffcouncil

🧵 SNOW UPDATE

You’ve probably noticed that it’s currently snowing in #Cardiff so we wanted to give you a quick update on the current state of play across the city.

Our schools have been risk assessed on a case-by-case basis and the vast majority are open as planned.

Four schools are impacted. They are:

•The Court School – closed.
•Pentyrch Primary School – closed.
•Cardiff West Community High School – opening at 9:45.
•Cantonian High School – KS3 class closed – 6 learners impacted.

It is not expected that any further school closures will occur today, and all other Council services are operating as planned, although there have been some minor impacts on special school bus services.

Most roads are running well and traffic is light, although there are some issues in north Cardiff on Caerphilly Mountain Road and Rhiwbina Hill.

Cardiff Bus is running all services with some minor tweaks to residential areas with roads off Heol Isaf not being served, and similarly in north-east Cardiff in terms of St Edeyrns.

The Met Office says to expect periods of snow and increasingly sleet today with periods of heavy rain later this afternoon and evening. Some further snow overnight for a time but more rain again on Thursday morning.

This should make it harder for snow to settle on roads and pavements that are wet, but with wet untreated surfaces, when the temperature drops, there could be the potential of increased ice risk.

Priority routes will be gritted, and are running well, but extra care should still be taken, particularly on untreated roads and pavements.

Details of priority routes are available here:
orlo.uk/Cea31

Some areas across the region may experience larger quantities of snow, which may disrupt travel into Cardiff for a time.

For further details, visit the Met Office UK Weather Warnings page here: orlo.uk/9Ov2q

In case there’s any confusion over our tweet earlier in this thread, Cantonian High School is open with the exception of one small class of six pupils from KS3.