Further weather alert after snow hits Northern Ireland

The Met Office has issued another weather warning for most of Northern Ireland.

The yellow warning for ice comes into force at 8pm on Thursday and lasts until 9am on Friday.

Forecasters are warning of icy patches.

However, UTV weather forecaster Louise Small says the temperature is to rise on Friday.

"High pressure is going to dominate so looks like it is going to settle down and will be mild," she said.

"It will be bright and breezy with just one or two showers over the weekend. But come Monday things could change. Just keep a watch on the forecast."

The scene at Cushendall. Pic submitted by Eveleen McCurry.

There was widespread travel disruption on Thursday after heavy snow hit parts of Northern Ireland overnight, with over a dozen schools also forced to closed.

A Met Office yellow weather warning is in place for northern and western parts until 8pm.

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Translink warned of disruption across its network, with services affected in parts of Belfast, Armagh, Magherafelt, Londonderry and Ballymena.

It said that all services in Dungannon were suspended.

In a morning update, the Department for Infrastructure said that temperatures fell below freezing during the night.

"Salting and ploughing of roads on the scheduled network has taken place throughout the early hours of this morning," a spokesperson said.

"DfI Roads Engineers will continue to monitor the weather and road surface temperatures and will undertake additional gritting of the scheduled network if required," the statement added.

The Met Office has warned of frequent heavy snow showers , along with very gusty winds and a chance of frequent lightning affecting some places.

It is the latest spell of bad weather to hit Northern Ireland after three named storms in recent days with Dudley, Eugene and Franklin - however, today's weather has not been given the status of a 'named storm.'