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Highland Winter Road Conditions Report - Monday 20 January 2025

20th January 2025

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.

Highland Road Conditions Report for Monday 20 January 2025 are as follows:

Inverness 06:07 - Grey frost on Tomatin area side roads otherwise roads are dry or salty damp. A gritter is heading out to treat Tomatin side roads.

Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh 06:50 - No winter action required. Positive Road surface temperatures. No overnight issues reported.

Caithness 07:59 - Road surface temperatures are just below freezing on most routes. All primary and secondary routes are being treated as necessary. No other known issues to report.

Badenoch and Strathspey 08:07 - Negative road surface temperatures throughout the area with high existing salt levels able to cope with them. No winter action needed and no known overnight issues.

Nairn 08:07 - Negative road surface temperatures throughout the area with high existing salt levels able to cope with them. No winter action needed and no known overnight issues.

East Ross-shire 08:08 - No action taken. It’s a cold dry start to the morning and there is sufficient residual salt ton roads. No overnight issues reported.

Sutherland 08:10 – Road surface temperatures are below zero in places and routes are being treated as necessary but mainly dry and damp roads, No known overnight issues to report

Skye and Raasay 08:23 - No winter action required. There are positive road surface temperatures throughout area. No issues reported overnight.

No schools are currently closed today due to the weather. For details visit www.highland.gov.uk/schoolclosures - please note that this page is cleared at 4pm each day.

 

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