Edinburgh weather forecast: This is when snow will fall in the capital on Tuesday

Edinburgh is bracing itself for wintry conditions on Tuesday (11 Feb), as snow, ice, strong winds and cooler temperatures are set to hit the capital.

The Met Office said: “Frequent showers of rain, sleet, snow, carried on strong to gale westerly winds, making for a bitterly cold day.

“Snow accumulating away from lowest levels, with drifting adding to potentially hazardous travel conditions, also wet snow sporadically reaching sea level.”

A Met Office yellow weather warning for wind and snow is in place for Edinburgh until 23.59pm on Tuesday (11 Feb).

This weather warning said: “Snow will gradually build up and in a few locations, accumulations of over 20 cm are possible by Tuesday evening over the highest routes in Scotland.

“Strong winds, gusting 50-60 mph, will lead to blizzard conditions at times and considerable drifting of lying snow over high ground.”

Here’s when wintry conditions will hit Edinburgh on Tuesday (11 Feb):

08:00: cloudy - 2C - wind gust of 40mph

09:00: cloudy - 2C - wind gust of 42mph

10:00: sleet - 2C - wind gust of 42mph

11:00: heavy rain - 3C - wind gust of 41mph

12:00: sleet shower - 2C - wind gust of 42mph

13:00: light rain - 3C - wind gust of 44mph

14:00: light rain - 3C - wind gust of 42mph

15:00: sleet shower - 2C - wind gust of 44mph

16:00: heavy snow shower - 2C - wind gust of 43mph

17:00: light rain - 2C - wind gust of 46mph

18:00: cloudy - 2C - wind gust of 48mph

19:00: cloudy - 2C - wind gust of 47mph

20:00: cloudy - 2C - wind gust of 46mph

21:00: sleet - 2C - wind gust of 49mph

22:00: sleet - 2C - wind gust of 48mph

23:00: sleet - 2C - wind gust of 47mph