Scotland Weather: New yellow warning for snow and ice disruption across Scotland as Storm Goretti batters UK
Thousands of pupils are off school for a fourth day due to the weather, with more snowfall and ice likely to cause further chaos.
A further yellow weather warning for snow and ice has been issued for large parts of Scotland heading into Friday, with more disruption expected after several days of heavy snowfall.
The alert will come into force at 8pm on Thursday evening and last until noon on Friday.
It comes after a week of weather warnings which has brought chaos and disruption in northern areas of the country, with hundreds of schools shut, treacherous travel conditions and communities cut off due to heavy snowfall.
The areas affected by the latest warning are:
- Angus
- Clackmannanshire
- Dundee
- Falkirk
- Fife
- Perth and Kinross
- Stirling
- Aberdeen
- Aberdeenshire
- Moray
- Na h-Eileanan Siar
- Highland
- Orkney Islands
- Shetland Islands
- Dumfries and Galloway
- East Lothian
- Edinburgh
- Midlothian Council
- Scottish Borders
- West Lothian
- East Ayrshire
- East Dunbartonshire
- East Renfrewshire
- Glasgow
- North Lanarkshire
- South Lanarkshire
The Met Office said: “Ice is expected to form widely again as surfaces refreeze through the evening and overnight.
“Scattered wintry showers will move inland across parts of northern England and eastern Scotland this evening and overnight into Friday.
“Showers may lead to some further modest snow accumulations of a few cms inland and over higher ground.”
Temperatures fell to -14.7C at Tomintoul, in Banffshire, overnight last night according to the Met Office.
The forecasters said temperatures are likely to drop again overnight, widely falling below freezing with lows of -12C or lower possible in some areas where there is lying snow.
Thousands of pupils in Scotland are off school for a fourth day, with almost all schools and nurseries in Aberdeenshire closed as well as 190 in Highland and several in Moray.
In an update on Thursday morning, ScotRail and Network Rail confirmed teams are still working to open a section of the Far North Line between Brora and Wick and Thurso.
Network Rail said all other routes were open and “running well” after a significant operation to clear snow from the tracks in the last couple of days.
On the roads, Highland Council said there are overnight road closures due to snow on the A836 Lairg to Tongue road and the A897 Kinbrace to Halladale road, while Traffic Scotland said snow gates are shut on the A939 Cock Bridge to Tomintoul and the B974 Bridge of Dye.
Police Scotland urged people to follow travel advice.
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