Aberdeen manager Derek McInnes does not expect the Beast from the East to hinder his side’s attempts to reach the Scottish Cup semi-finals this weekend.
The Dons’ Premiership fixture against Motherwell was called off yesterday morning as the SPFL took advice from the police and clubs to cancel all Wednesday fixtures.
The team travelled to Lanarkshire on Tuesday but the postponement came as no surprise to manager Derek McInnes, who had the welfare of supporters at the forefront of his mind.
Temperatures are not forecast to get much above freezing before the weekend and further snow is forecast today and tomorrow.
But McInnes says the Dons will try operate as normal ahead of their quarter-final tie against Kilmarnock at Pittodrie this weekend.
He said: “There’s no indication that game won’t be on.
“Temperatures are fine for training and we’re hopeful the forecast doesn’t affect our preparations.
“With the game against Motherwell being off, we have to get our heads on the Kilmarnock game and make the assumption the game is going to be OK.”
Should Saturday’s game not be given the go-ahead, it will be played on Tuesday night instead with a 7.45pm kick-off.
McInnes will have a fully-fit squad but Andrew Considine and Sam Cosgrove will miss out through suspension.
The Dons manager said postponing the Motherwell game was the correct call.
He added: “We knew what was coming yesterday so it wasn’t a total surprise when we woke up and saw how bad the snow was.
“The biggest concern was the safety of the supporters travelling to the game, with the forecasted weather.
“Although we travelled the day before and would like to have got it played, we totally understood the decision.
“Sometimes you’ve just got to wait until the weather hits. Where we had already travelled, the supporters would be setting off on the day. We pushed for an early decision and were in constant dialogue with Motherwell.”
A new date for the Motherwell game will be announced in due course and as well as the SPFL fixtures, all Highland League fixtures were called off too.
It means Rangers now sit six points clear of the Dons in second place, after their game against St Johnstone went ahead on Tuesday night and they ran out 4-1 winners.