Highland Winter Road Conditions Report – Friday 24 January 2025 (Storm Eowyn)
The information provided is a summary of reports from operational staff and is intended to give a general indication of typical conditions in each area at a point in time. It is not intended to imply that any individual route is entirely snow and ice free and drivers must be aware that conditions can change rapidly and make their own assessment of conditions for travelling.
Maps of the Council’s gritting routes by priority and policy are available online.
The Met Office has both Amber and Yellow warnings for Highland as follows:
- Amber Warning for wind across the northern half of Scotland. Valid 13:00 on Friday to 06:00 on Saturday.
- Yellow Warning for snow mainly across the high ground of Highlands. Valid 06:00 to 23:59 on Friday. Medium likelihood of Low impact.
- Yellow Warning for Wind covering the whole of Scotland. Valid 00:01 to 23:59 on Friday.
Highland Road Conditions Report for Friday 24 January 2025 are as follows - with no know issues to report:
- East Ross-Shire (08:52) - Wet roads. No known issues.
- Sutherland (08:08) - Wet roads and wind no known issues to report
- Caithness (07:39) - Wet roads high winds
- Inverness (07:22) - Roads wet, no issues
- Badenoch and Strathspey (06:54) - Temperatures higher than forecast. Primary and Secondary routes being treated this morning as a precaution. No known overnight Issues.
- Nairn (06:51) - Temps higher than forecast. Hill route being treated as a precaution. No known overnight issues.
- Lochaber (09:00)- Positive temperatures across the area, very wet and windy, Corran Ferry off due to the weather conditions.
- Skye and Raasay (05:47) - Positive road surface temperatures across area this morning. No overnight issues to report
A number of schools are currently closed today due to the weather; 9 secondary schools: (3269 pupils); 38 Primary schools: (2528 pupils) and 29 Nurseries: (491 children). For current details visit www.highland.gov.uk/schoolclosures - please note that this page is cleared at 4pm each day.
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