The Department of Infrastructure is deploying gritters to the island's roads tonight with wintry weather expected yet again.

It comes after Ronaldsway Met Office issued a fresh amber weather warning earlier today covering the Isle of Man.

This new amber alert for ice and snow kicks-in at 9pm tonight and expires at 3pm tomorrow (Wednesday).

According to the Met Office, temperatures will plummet below zero across higher ground from 9pm tonight as a cold front clears the island, bringing 'very cold air' in its wake.

However the gritters won't be deployed until the rain stops, which is anticipated to be around 9pm, coinciding with temperatures dropping below zero.

A statement from the DoI said: 'The roads won't be gritted until the rain has stopped as otherwise the salt will simply dissolve in the rain and run off the roads and be rendered ineffective.

'Our duty officer will monitor the weather and adjust the start time of gritting until after the rain has stopped and run off reduced.'

The routes that will be gritted are:

The statement from the DoI added: 'We have had a number of requests over the past couple of days to pre-salt individual estate and residential roads.

'The Department deliberately focuses its available resources on the principal roads that are most heavily trafficked and that link centres of population.

'This is a time consuming task and there are simply not the resources to salt all roads in a few hours.

'There is also a network of about 1100 salt bins around the Island. The salt at these locations is available for use by the public to help alleviate issues in the immediate vicinity of a particular bin.'

You can find out more about how the DoI make the decision of which routes to grit and when here.

Earlier today a number of the island's roads were shut due to adverse weather conditions.