Updated 11.15am Saturday 23 November
Our Emergency Control Centre opened at 7am to manage a multi-agency response to the forecasted severe weather.
Roads and travel information
Local roads information will be only provided on this page while our Emergency Control Centre is open.
- Snowfall is affecting a number of local routes, making driving conditions challenging. Please take care and drive to the conditions
- Reports of vehicles off the road on the B6112 between Swinton and Lennel
- B7059 to A72 at Drochil - reports of cars struggling to access A72
- A68 closed by Police Scotland between Ancrum and St Boswells due to multiple vehicles off the road at Lilliardsedge - please see Traffic Scotland website for updates
- All our Kelso bus services are suspended until further notice - Services 80, 81, 84, 85 and 86
The latest trunk road and travel information can be found on the Traffic Scotland website.
Service updates
- Duns Community Recycling Centre closed until further notice due to heavy snow
Forecast
The Met Office has issued an amber weather warning for snow covering a large part of the region.
As much as 5-10cm of snow is anticipated to accumulate in places, before turning back to rain. Temporary snow accumulations of 10-20 cm are possible on ground above 200m, with up to 40cm possible above 400m.
As winds strengthen across the region, challenging driving conditions are expected, particularly on higher level routes, with an additional risk of power interruptions.
A rapid thaw of the snow is anticipated as milder arrives during the afternoon. This will coincide with persistent rain, with some upland areas at risk of 20-40mm of rain. The combination of melting snow and heavy rain may lead to localised flooding in some areas.
An underlying yellow weather warning for rain and snow remains in effect for the entire region, starting at 4am on Saturday and continuing until 9am on Sunday.
A yellow weather warning for wind for the east coast has been removed.
Our winter response
Lots of winter weather information, including on how we deal with winter weather and our gritting priorities, can be found on our website.
Advice on how to deal with the cold, snow and ice can be found on the Ready Scotland website.
Please check these pages and the associated FAQs before you contact us.
Contact us
If you need to get in touch regarding any issues caused by the adverse weather please use our online form.
In an emergency, or where there is an immediate concern for welfare, please call 999. The emergency services will liaise directly with us if they require our assistance.
For any other urgent weather related issues please contact us on 0300 100 1800 during office hours or 01896 752111 out of hours.
Further updates
Further updates will be provided on this page and through SB Alert and our social media channels.