Highland Winter Road Conditions Report - Thursday 28 November 2024
28th 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 Thursday 28 November 2024 are as follows:
Inverness (06:08) Main roads are salty damp with patchy grey frost on some side roads. Gritters are heading out to treat all routes.
Badenoch and Strathspey (06:53) Negative temperatures this morning with damp roads. Ice and hoar frost patches across the network. All routes are being treated with no overnight issues to report.
Nairn (06:52) Negative temperatures this morning with damp roads icy patches all across the network. All routes are being treated with no overnight issues to report.
Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh 07:06) Primary and secondary routes are being treated. Sub-zero temperatures with Ice and hoar frost. No overnight issues reported.
East Ross-shire (07:34) A very cold morning with a risk of ice and hoar frost on any untreated surfaces. All roads are generally dry or damp with salt. No known issues.
Caithness (08:22) Good white frost and sparkle with some ice patches on Primary routes. Some areas have damp roads. No overnight issues reported.
Sutherland (08:27) A cold dry morning with roads mainly dry and damp with salt. The odd sparkle with icy patches on some routes. All routes and footpaths are being treated as necessary. No known overnight issues to report.
Lochaber (08:37) Negative road temperatures. Primary and secondary routes are being treated. Negative road temperatures. Other roads are getting checked and treated as required. No problems overnight.
Skye and Raasay (09:07) Dry conditions overnight with road temperatures dropping to minus 6.7C. Drivers are treating Primary and Secondary routes and other problematic routes. There are some icy stretches from water run-off. Pavement treatment underway to cover untreated pavements. No overnight Issues.
At the time of issue there are no schools in Highland closed today due to the weather - but the most up-to-date information can be found on our website. https://www.highland.gov.uk/schoolclosures
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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.
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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.
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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.
