The Met Office issued the warning this morning 7 December.
Frequent wintry showers are likely to fall on frozen surfaces in places, leading to the formation of icy patches.
The warning is for the period from 4 pm on Thursday 8 December until 12 noon on Friday 9 December.
These showers are likely to fall as snow on high ground, with the potential for several centimetres to accumulate over parts of southern Scotland, Northeast England, N Wales, the North York Moors and Northern Ireland.
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