THE region is set for more snow throughout the next couple of days.

Forecasters issued several areas across the North West with a yellow weather warning as wintry showers are expected.

In St Helens, the warning is in place from 6am on Thursday and is expected to last until 2pm on Friday afternoon.

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A spokesperson from the Met Office said: “An area of low pressure will move across the UK on Thursday and Friday with snow developing across Wales and central England early on Thursday morning.

“This is expected to move slowly north during the day, becoming slow-moving across north Wales, northern England, Northern Ireland and southern Scotland during the afternoon and evening before slowly clearing southeast on Friday.

“Snow will likely turn to sleet or rain at times at lower elevations, especially in the south of the warning area, as well as near eastern coasts.

“At low levels including major cities such as Manchester, Liverpool and Newcastle accumulations are expected to be limited with a small chance of 2-5 cm falling. However, significant snow accumulations are possible over hills of northern England (including populated areas of South and West Yorkshire), Northern Ireland and southern Scotland.

“Here, 10-15 cm is expected quite widely above 100 metres, with a chance that 25-40 cm could fall in some places. Additionally, there is potential for strong winds, which may lead to blizzard conditions and drifting of lying snow.

“Ice is likely to develop widely on Friday night as this system clears away.”

Here’s the hour by hour forecast for St Helens on Thursday and Friday:

Thursday March 9

7am– 1C Heavy snow

8am– 1C Heavy snow

9am- 1C Heavy snow

10am- 1C Heavy snow

11am– 1C Heavy snow

12pm– 2C Heavy snow

1pm– 1C Heavy snow

2pm– 2C Dry

3pm– 2C Sleet

4pm– 2C Dry

5pm– 1C Sleet

6pm– 2C Sleet

7pm– 2C Sleet

8pm– 1C Sleet

9pm– 1C Light snow

10pm– 1C Light snow

11pm– 1C

Friday, March 10

6am– 1C Sleet

9am– 1C Light snow

12pm– 4C Dry

3pm– 5C Dry

6pm– 2C Dry

9pm– 1C Dry