{"id":674603,"date":"2026-01-05T03:32:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T03:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/674603\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T03:32:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T03:32:12","slug":"wales-snow-and-ice-weather-warnings-prompt-school-closures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/674603\/","title":{"rendered":"Wales snow and ice weather warnings prompt school closures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Snow and ice weather warnings have prompted the closure of more than 30 schools across Wales on Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">As of Sunday evening, there were closures in multiple counties on what was meant to be the first day back after the two-week Christmas break after cold weather created hazardous conditions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Schools have been shut in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/diogel.gwynedd.llyw.cymru\/digwyddiadauargyfwng\/en\" class=\"sc-f9178328-0 iCaRzc\" rel=\"noopener\">Gwynedd<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DavidHughesYDH\/?locale=en_GB\" class=\"sc-f9178328-0 iCaRzc\" rel=\"noopener\">Anglesey<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/schoolclosures.carmarthenshire.gov.wales\" class=\"sc-f9178328-0 iCaRzc\" rel=\"noopener\">Carmarthenshire<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npt.gov.uk\/schools-and-learning\/schools\/emergency-school-closures\/\" class=\"sc-f9178328-0 iCaRzc\" rel=\"noopener\">Neath Port Talbot<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgend.gov.uk\/residents\/schools-and-education\/school-closures\/\" class=\"sc-f9178328-0 iCaRzc\" rel=\"noopener\">Bridgend county<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">On Sunday, North Wales Police advised against travel in some places due to conditions affecting the A55 in Gwynedd and Anglesey and a bus operator also suspended some services.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">The Met Office has a yellow warning in place for most of Wales until 12:00 GMT on Monday with up to 3cm (1.2in) of snow likely for some and up to 8cm (3.1in) on high ground.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Gwynfor Coaches, which runs buses in Anglesey, Caernarfon, Llanberis and Snowdonia, said it had suspended some services due to rural roads being &#8220;completely unsafe, and drivers unable to come in to work&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">In a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NorthWalesPolice\/posts\/pfbid02bBXdtstvCvXx3yiSkz9b14mmEgQVJyM7dr3Bw4dV49uzeUWVP88Ed3r83EPbX8xbl\" class=\"sc-f9178328-0 iCaRzc\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook post<\/a>, North Wales Police said there were &#8220;issues in relation to the current weather conditions&#8221; affecting the A55 west of Abergwyngregyn, Gwynedd, to Anglesey, as well as the Felinheli bypass. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">&#8220;Please avoid travelling unless absolutely essential,&#8221; it added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/traffic.wales\/road-traffic-alerts\" class=\"sc-f9178328-0 iCaRzc\" rel=\"noopener\">Traffic Wales<\/a> has reported several roads across the country affected by the weather conditions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Newport County said its Sunday League Two fixture against Tranmere Rovers at Rodney Parade has been postponed due to an unplayable pitch.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Earlier, the Met Office had warned some to expect up to 10cm (4in) of snow by late Sunday morning in places likes Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Conwy, Gwynedd, Pembrokeshire and Powys.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">A separate <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/weather.metoffice.gov.uk\/warnings-and-advice\/uk-warnings#?tab=warnings&amp;map=Warnings&amp;zoom=5&amp;lon=-3.50&amp;lat=55.50&amp;fcTime=1482364800&amp;regionName=wl&amp;date=2026-01-04&amp;id=3fe1ab04-6754-4fa8-8977-5253b3886559\" class=\"sc-f9178328-0 iCaRzc\" rel=\"noopener\">warning for snow and ice<\/a> between Sunday and Monday afternoon covers most of Wales apart from Anglesey.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Ch Insp Emma Parry from North Wales Police said: &#8220;We&#8217;d ask everyone to please consider the weather conditions before venturing out, and stay away from mountainous or higher areas particularly affected.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">&#8220;If you are travelling, please check your routes and the weather along the way and at your end destination.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">&#8220;Please be reassured that we are working with our partners and are here to support our communities.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Snow and ice weather warnings have prompted the closure of more than 30 schools across Wales on Monday.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":674604,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5010],"tags":[748,4884,16,15,1764],"class_list":{"0":"post-674603","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wales","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-great-britain","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-wales"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115840387890628361","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/674603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=674603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/674603\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/674604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=674603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=674603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=674603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}