Storm Doris arrived in Scotland this morning as roads, schools and airports were hit by high winds and snow.

Schools in Aberdeenshire have both been partially closed due to poor weather with school bus routes across the north-east badly hit by snow. See bottom of this article for school by school detail on closures and disruption.

The A82 was blocked this morning by a fallen tree at Duck Bay, near Balloch – but it was cleared by around 8.10am, with traffic starting to flow again.

And the A9 was experienced heavy snow fall in the early hours of the morning leading to difficult driving conditions, particularly around Drumochter and the Slochd.

Snow gates on the B974 at Banchory remain closed.

Two flights from Aberdeen to Heathrow at 8.30am and 4.10pm have been cancelled as has the late afternoon flight to Amsterdam.

The 12.45pm flight to Heathrow and 1.45pm flight to Amsterdam from Inverness have been cancelled as well.

#StormDoris will arrive from the west on Thursday, bringing damaging winds and heavy rain with heavy snowfall in the north pic.twitter.com/aBAlFeeNHS

— Met Office (@metoffice) February 22, 2017

Northlink Ferries are currently all operating as normal.

But Calmac are experiencing problems on the west coast with some services to Brodick, Rothesay, Tiree, Coll and Colonsay cancelled or facing disruption.

The central belt has been particularly badly hit by the storm with reports of accidents on the M90 near Edinburgh and heavy traffic on the M8 and M80.

There are also high winds warning for the Erskine, Forth and Tay bridges, with drivers told to approach with care.

School closures

See a full list of school closures and transport issues below:

Aberdeenshire

• Aboyne Academy – Partial Closure for Pupils ( Pupils who live locally and who can get to school safely. Due to the condition of the roads around Aboyne the school will only be open to local pupils and staff who can get to school safely. At the time of making the decision the roads had not been treated and the safety of staff and pupils had to be considered. All pupils who are not attending should access SMH. work will be set for them to do on this homework site. )
• Aboyne Primary School – School Transport Not Operating ( Aboyne Primary School is closed to School Transport pupils ONLY. School open to local pupils. Website will be updated during day.)
• Alford Academy – Changes to School Transport Routes ( 07:00 SS604K (Shirran’s) Strathdon bus is not running today. 07:36 SS604C (Watermill’s) Muir of Fowlis/Cushnie but not running today – turned back due to poor road conditions. 07:51 SS604O & SS604W (Shirran’s) Glenkindie/Kildrummy has turned back due to adverse road conditions. )
• Alford Primary School – Changes to School Transport Routes ( Premier Coaches transport to Baldyvin/Cairnballoch is not running today. )
• Banchory Academy – School Transport Not Operating ( The S18101 Auchattie/Strachan Bus is not running today due to snow.)
• Banchory Primary School – School Closed to Everyone ( Snow closure)
• Craigievar School – School Transport Not Operating ( There will be no school transport running today. At present, school will be open to those who can make it safely to school but parents need to be available to collect children should conditions deteriorate. Parents who are taking their children to school should use the bus bay to park due to conditions in car park.)
• Finzean School – School Transport Not Operating (Allan and Black bus and Diane’s bus have had to turn back at 8,30 am this morning so those children should not come to school as there may not be transport to take them home at the end of the day. Please complete snow homework.)
• Keig School – Changes to School Transport Routes ( Contract No.SP651C19 The bus that goes up the Brindy and out to Bandley will not be running today. Parents can take children to school if it is safe to do so. Please make sure that we can contact you if the weather gets worse. Parents are responsible for collecting children at the end of the school day. Thank you. )
• Keig School – Changes to School Transport Routes ( Contract No.SP651C19 The bus that goes up the Brindy and out to Bandley will not be running today. Parents can take children to school if it is safe to do so. Please make sure that we can contact you if the weather gets worse. Parents are responsible for collecting children at the end of the school day. Thank you. )
• Logie Coldstone School – School Opening Delayed ( No school Transport. School opening at 10.30am to allow improvement to road conditions for travelling. )
• Midmar School – School Transport Not Operating ( Parents are asked to ensure they have alternative arrangements in place to collect their children in the event the school has to close early. )
• Strachan School – School Closed to Everyone ( Will update website later today )
• Tarland School – School Opening Delayed ( NO SCHOOL TRANSPORT. Delayed start to the school day. School now opening at 10am to allow safe travel for staff. Please note that LADYBIRD nursery will not be running today! )
• Towie School – School Closed to Everyone ()

Moray

• Speyside High School – Tomintoul Bus F is not running this morning. Pupils waiting for other buses should do so for 15 minutes and if your bus has not arrived by then, go home.