The Met Office has issued more yellow weather warnings for snow and ice across the north and north-east.
It appears the wintry weather is set to continue again this week as forecasters issue more alerts across the Highlands, Islands, Moray and Aberdeenshire.
Snow and ice showers are expected across the region from today.
A warning is in place from 5am across the mainland including areas of the Highlands, Moray and Aberdeenshire.
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Another forecast covering the coastal areas including the Islands, Highlands, Aberdeen and parts of Moray and Aberdeenshire comes into force at 5pm today.
Both are in place until 11am tomorrow.
Meanwhile, another warning has been issued for Shetland from 5pm today until 11am on Wednesday.
Snow has been falling today in Inverness with heavy and persistent rain also sweeping across Moray and Aberdeenshire.
Minimum overnight temperatures tonight
- Aberdeen -2C
- Inverness -2C
- Elgin -2C
- Banchory -3C
- Fraserburgh 0C
- Aviemore -6C
- Wick -1C
- Oban 0C
- Stornoway -2C
- Kirkwall 0C
- Lerwick -2C
‘Unsafe road conditions’ expected
The Met Office said rain turning to snow is expected to cause disruption to transport across inland Scotland.
Residents are being warned to be cautious of icy surfaces which can lead to trips and falls.
For the coastal areas, overnight snow is forecast to create “unsafe conditions” on roads and pavements.
The most recent announcement comes after residents in Shetland were encouraged to help people in their communities after the islands were blanketed in snow on Saturday.
There has been several CalMac sailing cancelled due to the strong winds and adverse weather.
Routes affected including Ullapool to Stornoway, Oban/Mallaig to Lochboisdale and Mallaig to Armadale, which have all been cancelled for rest of the day.
Disruption is to continue into Tuesday s early morning sailing at 6.30am from Ullapool and 9.30am from Stornoway have been cancelled.
A CalMac update read: “Disrupting a sailing is a decision we do not take lightly because we know it will inconvenience our customers and the communities we serve.
“However, the safety of our customers and crew must come first. In this instance, the Master of the vessel has judged it is necessary in response to the assessment of adverse weather conditions.”
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