A yellow weather warning for snow and ice has been issued to Edinburgh for Friday.
As the cold snap continues to hit Scotland, snow and ice is expected to cause disruption for the capital city on Friday December 16. Temperatures will struggle to reach about 2C, the Met Office reports with snow forecasted to fall from Friday noon.
The Met Office warns that there will be "outbreaks of snow and icy surfaces likely to bring some disruption."
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The weather forecaster adds: "Snow pushing in from the west on Friday, soon turning to rain near the west coast. Further rain and snow over the weekend, snow mainly becoming confined to higher ground."
Paul Gundersen is a Met Office Chief Forecaster. He said: “Over the last week, the UK has been held in a northerly airflow bringing cold, sometimes Arctic air, to the UK. We will still have this northerly influence to our weather patterns until the weekend, but then the cold conditions will lose exclusive dominance over the UK’s weather patterns and we will move into a regime where relatively mild and relatively cold conditions will vie for supremacy.
“We can expect changeable conditions with colder and milder air not too far away from our shores, but it does seem that the Atlantic ‘has woken up’ compared with recent days and will be a stronger influence, countering any further bouts of extreme cold conditions, although spells of further wintry weather remain possible through the rest of December.
The Met Office warns that until temperatures rise again, we will continue to see wintry hazards especially in northern and eastern coastal areas. Overnight frosts will be severe in places and we will continue to see some freezing fog patches. Overnight temperatures have the potential to drop below -10C in rural parts of Scotland.
The cold air from the Arctic is also bringing brighter conditions for many, with some dry and sunny weather, particularly away from coasts.
What to expect
The Met Office warns that travel disruption is likely.
- Some roads and railways likely to be affected with longer journey times by road, bus and train services
- Some injuries from slips and falls on icy surfaces
- Some icy patches on some untreated roads, pavements and cycle paths
- A slight chance that power cuts occur, with the potential to affect other services, such as mobile phone coverage
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