Travellers going south to the central belt and England have been told to expect delays today as yet more wintry weather batters the country.
An amber warning for snow south of the border and a yellow warning for ice across most of the UK has been issued by the Met Office as chilly temperatures return just weeks after the Beast from the East brought the country to a standstill.
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to and from Heathrow and Bristol, where the runway was closed yesterday morning due to freezing conditions, were affected.
There were about 10 flights cancelled and many others were delayed.
Peter Sloss, a Met Office forecaster based in Aberdeen, said icy conditions were expected today and warned those hoping to travel south to be prepared for disruption.
He said last night: “We had some snow showers in the north-east over the weekend, but we’re now heading back into a drier, more settled period of weather.
“Our current weather warning in Scotland is for ice, because we’re expecting a lot of the snow to melt and then freeze again overnight, leading to icy conditions.
“Higher pressures will be in charge on Monday and Tuesday, so we’re looking at a dry couple of days with a cold easterly wind, but as we get closer to the middle of the week we’ll get milder air in from the Atlantic, and most likely we’ll have heavier rain on the west coast.
“By Wednesday and Thursday, we’ll probably see drier weather, as most of the wet weather won’t go past the Grampians, so it’s looking to be a pretty quiet week following the chillier conditions we’ve experienced during this weekend.
“The situation is clearly a lot worse in England.
“They’ve had a lot, lot more snow than we’ve had up in Scotland, and there’s still a lot of heavy snowfall in the more southern parts of England.
“So for people who are travelling south of the border, I would advise them to make sure they check their travel plans before they go, because there could very well be disruption on the roads, on the railways, and for flights.”
