Four flood alerts have been issued in Scotland ahead of Storm Eunice’s arrival later tonight.
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) has put the alerts in force across the south west of country.
Floods are expected to impact Ayrshire and Arran, Dumfries and Galloway, Argyll and Bute and West Central Scotland.
Experts say that strong winds, storm surges and large waves in exposed coasts are most at risk of flooding.
Seven local areas in Dumfries and Galloway and one in Ayrshire and Arran have been issued with flood warnings, which suggests that they are at imminent risk of flooding.
A spokesperson for SEPA said: “We have issued seven flood warnings and four flood alerts in the south west of Scotland ahead of Storm Eunice tomorrow.
“Please take care when near the coast as strong wind and storm surge can lead to wave overtopping and sea spray.”
The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning across the majority from Scotland from 3am on Friday until 6pm that evening.
Forecasters say that up to 20cm of snow could land during the 13 hour spell, with strong winds causing blizzard conditions for some.
Scots have been warned of difficult travel conditions and disruption due to the conditions.
The Met Office weather warning reads: “Snow, heavy in places, is likely to develop on the norther side of Storm Eunice as it moves across the UK on Friday.
“Not all areas within the warning area are expected to see snow. However, some places may see around 5cm of snow at low levels away from coasts.
“Accumulations are expected to be significantly higher over hills, with 10cm, possibly 20cm, above around 300 to 400m.
“Strong winds occurring at the same time may lead to very poor visibility, blizzard conditions and drifting of lying snow.”
Storm Eunice will arrive in Scotland just a day after the country was battered by Storm Dudley.
ScotRail was forced to cancel all of its services early yesterday as winds of up to 90mph caused chaos across the country.
A number of incidents involving trees on the lines were reported hours after the cancellations, which caused damage to some vital infrastructure.
The rail firm were able to resume most services by 11.30am this morning.
