Forecasters have warned road conditions could be treacherous across the north and north-east due to blizzards, heavy snow and freezing rain.
Amber and yellow warnings are in place for Grampian and much of the Highlands and Islands throughout today.
A band of rain and snow is expected to move from the north to the north-east later today with as much as 3ins of snowfall predicted.
Meanwhile on the hills this could be as much as 15ins.
However, in Aberdeen and other coastal areas the weather is not expected to be as severe, with periods of heavy rainfall throughout today.
Other warnings over bad weather have been issued for much of the rest of the UK.
It comes as bookmakers William Hill revealed that Aberdeen is the most likely city to have a white Christmas in 2018.
A spokeswoman for the Met Office said: “At the moment it looks like in the days leading up to Christmas it’s likely to be unsettled, with Atlantic weather systems affecting the country, bringing rain and strong winds.
“There will be quite severe weather on Saturday.
“It could have some impact on people’s plans this weekend. Freezing rain is not that common in this country, so that could bring quite treacherous driving conditions.”
Despite bookmakers shortening their odds on a white Christmas, the Met Office says it is still too early to tell as they predict seven days in advance.
The last widespread white Christmas was in 2010, when 83% of monitoring stations recorded snow on the ground – the highest ever recorded.
A white Christmas is defined as one snowflake seen falling in the 24 hours of December 25 somewhere in the UK.
The last one was in 2015 with 10% of stations recording snow falling, though none reported snow lying on the ground.
Snow is more likely in January and March than in December, with snow or sleet falling an average 3.9 days in December, compared to 5.3 days in January, 5.6 days in February and 4.2 days in March.
