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Preston is awaking to a blanket of snow as weather warnings remain in force.
Disruption is expected across the road network and more snow has begun to fall during Sunday (5 January).
The snow came overnight into the early hours of Sunday morning and the Met Office is forecasting between 3-7cm of snow in total.
Read more: Hour-by-hour weather forecast for Preston’s snow weekend
The M6 and other motorways in and around Preston are showing most lanes open although snow has covered the motorway network and is visible on most lanes. National Highways has a severe weather alert in place and are warning motorists of disruption to their journeys.
Lancashire County Council say priority routes have been gritted and their gritting teams have continued to work through the night.
Around one third of roads are classed as priority routes and you can see the online gritting map for details.
An amber warning of snow is in force throughout Sunday with the Met Office warning of further snow followed by icy rain.
Temperatures in Preston are set to get barely above freezing all day with icy gusts from the east making it feel like -4 at times. The wind gusts will be around 30mph.
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