The first snow of 2025 fell on part of southern Belgium. A yellow warning remains in place until 12 p.m. for slippery conditions on the roads of Namur, Luxembourg and Liège.
The year has only just begun and you can already take out your shovels, frost scrapers, warm hats and scarves. At least if you live in one of the regions affected by heavy snowfall. In the provinces of Liège and Luxembourg, a white layer of several centimeters has covered the winter landscapes. Above 300 m, an accumulation of 1 to 6 cm could form in 6 hours, or even more locally on the heights of the Ardennes.
In Herve, snow continues to fall and accumulate. Up to 8 centimeters of snow formed in places.
The weather will be variable and quite cold with sometimes a few wintry showers on Thursday, and maximums of 0 to 7 degrees, according to forecasts from the Royal Meteorological Institute (IRM). A yellow warning was in effect for slippery conditions on the roads of Luxembourg, Namur and Liège. This yellow alert was lifted at noon.
“It rolls, but slowly. Drivers are cautious, more cautious than usual. I slipped myself a few moments ago. A thin film of snow makes the roadway very slippery. Prudence“, recommends our journalist, Lise Cassoth, to Herve, where snow has been falling heavily since early Thursday morning.
“I live in a cul-de-sac, so it’s slippery“, says Océane, residing in the Liège province. “We’re going to stay on the main road this morning.” Another pragmatic Liégeoise is already thinking about her day at work: “It’s nice, but we’re thinking about how we’re going to go to work“.
Snowfall or slush affects the south-east of the country this morning, then it will evacuate towards France and Germany at midday. Cloudiness is variable across the country with some occasional wintry showers which will spread from the North Sea.
Low clouds sometimes limit visibility in the upper Ardennes. The maxima will vary between 0 degrees in the upper Ardennes where a few additional centimeters of snow will be added, and 7 degrees by the sea. The wind is weak to moderate from west to northwest, along the coast sometimes quite strong from north to northwest.
The IRM had extended its alert for slippery conditions in the provinces of Namur, Liège and Luxembourg until 12:00 p.m. Low winter precipitation (risk of freezing drizzle) or frost deposits (freezing fog especially in the upper Ardennes) led to slippery conditions in these provinces. You will have to be particularly wary of a risk of formation of ice patches, especially in places sheltered from the wind this morning.
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