The alert will run for 24 hours from midday, covering Grampian, the Highlands, Orkney & Shetland, Dumfries & Galloway and across Ayrshire.

More sleet, rain, snow and ice is expected with further snowfall of up to 15cm on higher ground according to forecasters.

Scotland is continuing to be hit by freezing weather, with rain, sleet and snow expected to fall across large parts of the country. Temperatures at Loch Glascarnoch in the Highlands fell to -11C on Saturday night after forecasters extended a yellow warning from 09:00 on Sunday until 12:00 on Monday.

The Met Office placed much of the UK under yellow weather warnings this week as plummeting temperatures brought snow and ice to huge swathes of the country

Untreated surfaces might become icy and hazardous, the Met Office warned Snow and icy conditions forced about 80 schools to close across Wales on Thursday. More than half of the school closures were in Conwy county,

Hundreds of schools are closed for the fourth day running as the UK endures an icy blast, with temperatures hitting as low as minus 16C. Snow and sleet began to hit southern England on Wednesday afternoon as an amber weather warning came into force,

The Met Office has issued several warnings for snow and ice this week, with temperatures plunging to well below freezing in some areas. An Arctic blast has tipped out a massive amount of snow over the last few days.