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Highland Winter Road Conditions Report - Tuesday 26 November 2024
26th November 2024
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 at www.highland.gov.uk/gritting.
Highland Road Conditions Report for Tuesday, 26 November 2024 are as follows:
Skye and Raasay
Lochaber (07:58) Treatment being applied to all priority 1 and 2 roads due to a forecasted dip in temperatures at daylight. No overnight issues.
Sutherland (08:28) Mainly damp/wet roads this morning with low road surface temperatures. and a slight sparkle on some inland routes. All routes treated as necessary. No overnight issues to report.
Ross and Cromarty East (06:38) Positive road and air temperatures at 6am but a light precautionary treatment being applied to all Priority 1 and 2 roads due to a forecasted dip in temperatures at daylight. No issues.
Caithness (08:22) Damp roads with low temperatures. Treatments carried out on some routes as a precaution. No overnight issues reported.
Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh (07:23) No issues. All routes currently being treated. Temperature forecasted to drop significantly later in the afternoon.
Badenoch and Strathspey: (07:34) Positive road and air temperatures at 6am but a light precautionary treatment being applied to all Priority 1 and 2 roads due to a forecasted dip in temperatures at daylight. No issues.
Nairn: (07:37) Positive road and air temperatures at 6am but a light precautionary treatment being applied to all Priority 1 and 2 roads due to a forecasted dip in temperatures at daylight. No issues.
Inverness: (05:53) Roads wet. No problems reported but gritters are heading off to treat all routes because temperatures forecast to drop.
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