Highland Winter Road Conditions Report - Wednesday 27 November 2024
27th 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 Wednesday 27 November 2024 are as follows:
Inverness (06:05) Main roads are salty damp, with patchy grey frost on some side roads. Gritters heading out to treat all routes.
Badenoch and Strathspey (06:30) Negative temperatures and ice across the network. Primary and Secondary routes are being treated along with footpaths. Other routes to be treated once resources allow. No known overnight issues.
Nairn (06:30) Negative temperatures and ice across the network. Primary and Secondary routes are being treated along with footpaths. Other routes to be treated once resources allow. No known overnight issues.
East Ross-shire (06:59) A very cold but dry morning. All Priority 1 and 2 roads are being given a light precautionary treatment. All Other roads are generally dry but a risk of ice remains on any untreated surfaces with water issues. These roads will be checked and treated if necessary upon completion of the Priority 1 and 2 roads. Priority 1 and 2 footpaths are also being treated first thing. All Other footpaths will be checked and treated as resources allow.
Lochaber (08:03) Treatment being carried out on Primary and Secondary routes. Negative temperatures. Roads are damp and some have black ice. No problems overnight.
Sutherland (08:13) Negative temperatures this morning with damp roads icy patches on some of the network, All routes are being treated with no overnight issues to report.
Caithness (08:16) Low temperatures with mostly damp roads this morning. Some areas have a covering of white frost with some icy patches in sheltered spots. All routes currently being treated. No known overnight issues to report.
Skye and Raasay (08:52) Treatments running across all Primary, Secondary and problematic routes. Drivers reporting mostly dry roads with some hoar frost. Treatments running across known wet spot routes. Road temperatures remaining cold through Wednesday and overnight. No overnight issues to report.
Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh (09:11) All routes currently being treated. Subzero temperatures but mainly dry. Caution advised on roads with run-off water. No overnight issues reported.
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