Police on Wednesday announced the following roads are open only to four-wheel drives and vehicles with snow chains due to snow and ice:

Karvounas – Troodos

Prodromos – Troodos

Platres – Troodos

Pedoulas – Pinewood – Kakopetria

Pedoulas – Prodromos

Prodromos – Platres

Prodromos – Lemithou

Rocks and soil on the following roads require careful driving:

Orkontas – Kambos – Kato Pyrgos

Pedoulas – Kykkos – Kambos

On Wednesday, temperatures will top 10C inland and 12C near the coast while frost will form in the mountains.

Temperatures are forecast to drop to 2C in the Nicosia area, 3 to 6 degrees Celsius in coastal areas and minus 5C around Troodos at night.

The following three days will bring warmer weather, the met office announced.

The height of snow on Troodos square was 13 centimetres on Wednesday morning.