The Beast from the East continues its rampage for a third consecutive day – We have all the updates you need to know from school closures to transport details.
Updates
4pm: Deputy First Minister John Swinney is asking the nation to consider whether they can help their local community in the wake of the recent snow storms.
12.52pm: Weather update for the weekend as north Scotland gets Yellow Warning.
Here’s more detail for the weekend. Further rain, sleet and snow possible with only a gradual thaw taking place pic.twitter.com/4oCKIdkuN1
— Met Office (@metoffice) March 2, 2018
12.43pm: Aberdeen’s River Dee freezes over.
12.20pm: All updates to flights in and out of Aberdeen International Airport.
11.37am: Met Office issue Yellow weather warning across north of Scotland
A yellow severe weather warning for #snow has been updated: https://t.co/QwDLMfRBfs Stay #weatheraware @metofficeuk pic.twitter.com/Fblj2xcd7B
— Met Office (@metoffice) March 2, 2018
11.36am: Aberdeen to Dundee road shut after four car crash
11.22am: Further Caledonian MacBrayne ferry services cancelled due to weather conditions.
AMBER #Ardrossan #Brodick 02/3 Due to adverse weather, 1230 & 1520 ex Ardrossan & 1355 & 1640 ex Brodick have been cancelled.There will be a review at 1630 regarding further sailings.
— CalMac Service Info (@CalMac_Updates) March 2, 2018
11.02am: Ross Country’s Premiership tie against Partick Thistle called off.
GAME OFF | Our game tomorrow v @ThistleTweet is OFF following advice taken by the police. A new date for the fixture will be announced in due course. #Staggies
— Ross County FC (@RCFCStaggies) March 2, 2018
10.54am: A total of 40 gritters working hard on north-east roads.
Spotted! Traffic cams on #A90 at #Laurencekirk have captured two of our gritters working to clear snow from the carriageway. Drifting snow affecting parts of the network, we’ve still got 40 gritters working hard in the NE just now. Please #BePrepared! https://t.co/AcjQVVBto2 pic.twitter.com/GwkzqWanji
— BEAR NE Trunk Roads (@NETrunkRoads) March 2, 2018
10.33am: Megabus suspend all services from Glasgow to Aberdeen as they cannot guarantee travel north of Perth.
Please advise all passengers that ticket sales between Glasgow and Aberdeen have been suspended. We cannot guarantee travel north of Perth due to dangerous driving conditions on the A90 between Dundee and Perth.#megabusupdates
— megabusUK (@megabusuk) March 2, 2018
10.20am: Road closures for A92.
A92 A912 Muirhead – A91 Windmill – Closure, All lanes closed in both directions for up to 30 minutes has been cleared. #TSIncident
— Traffic Scotland (@trafficscotland) March 2, 2018
10.13am: Weather update as Met Office issue new warning for snow.
⚠ @metoffice YELLOW Weather Warning for SNOW at 10:12 ⚠
LIVE until 23:55 on Saturday 3rd March. Areas affected check: https://t.co/BTQ3kiIpH1@policescotland advise HIGH RISK OF DISRUPTION – if you travel, you’re likely to experience significant delays❗ @transcotland pic.twitter.com/8RkGRXRF3u
— Traffic Scotland (@trafficscotland) March 2, 2018
10.10am: Police Scotland, Superintendent Helen Harrison warns extreme conditions on the country’s roads.
Supt Helen Harrison said via @scotgov “The snow has settled and is not expected to thaw, so extreme care will still need to be taken on the roads towards lunchtime and beyond, as public transport systems also start to operate again. #YellowAlert https://t.co/GkqJWDtW1i 1/2
— Police Scotland (@policescotland) March 2, 2018
09.20am: Scotrail limited to selected routes across Scotland
⚠ #BeastFromTheEast – Update 09:10
Services are operating on the following routes at the moment.
Aberdeen – Inverness
Aberdeen – DundeeInverness – Kyle of Lochalsh
Inverness – PerthInverness – Wick are no longer operating due to heavy snow drifts.
— ScotRail (@ScotRail) March 2, 2018
09.18am: Stagecoach services affected due to weather conditions across north of Scotland
Fraserburgh won’t be seeing buses for a while 🙁 #BeastFromTheEast #nofilter pic.twitter.com/u6ogWTooue
— StagecoachNScot (@StagecoachNScot) March 2, 2018
08.55am: Caledonian MacBrayne ferry services cancelled due to harsh weather
RED #Tarbert #Lochranza 2/03 Due to weather conditions forecast, this service has been cancelled for today.
— CalMac Service Info (@CalMac_Updates) March 2, 2018
08.30am: Police Scotland warning of the dangers of travelling in treacherous weather conditions
Please be aware that the #AmberAlert warning remains in place at this time. Our advice is to avoid travel on the roads as conditions remain very challenging in areas due to the volume of snow, wind and the risk of drifting snow. #beastfromtheast 1/3
— Police Scotland (@policescotland) March 2, 2018
08.06am: Gritters are hard at work on the roads across the north of Scotland
@AbshireRoads A busy day yesterday, but ploughs/gritters have been back in action since 5:30 am this morning, difficult conditions @AbshireRoads pic.twitter.com/FbMfXX6Koo
— Aberdeenshire Roads (@AbshireRoads) March 2, 2018
07.42am: City centre traffic lights lose power in Aberdeen
Traffic lights in George Street area are out, engineers are on their way
— Abdn City Council (@AberdeenCC) March 2, 2018
07.23am: Met Office issue Amber weather warning as snow and high winds continue to batter Scotland.
Good morning UK, Rebecca here. Multiple weather warnings are in place for today, please check our warnings page: https://t.co/QwDLMfRBfs. Or via our Met Office weather app. More info: https://t.co/2RM2CsMmnn Take care today! pic.twitter.com/9fv5KLsnpd
— Met Office (@metoffice) March 2, 2018
School Closures
All School Closures across the north of Scotland
Flights Details
Flight information including delays and cancellations to and from Aberdeen International Airport.