The north-east could be hit by temperatures as low as -15C in the coming days as Scotland braces for its coldest winter in five years.
The Met Office has warned that temperatures could plummet in parts of Aberdeenshire and Moray as it issued a yellow warning for snow and ice in Grampian.
A blast of cold weather moving on from the Arctic is bringing the freezingspell to the region with snow expected to fall as far inland as Aberdeen on Friday morning and Saturday afternoon.
Huntly, Alford, Braemar, Ballater, Keith, Tomintoul and Aberdeen are all expected to have snow tomorrow morning.
As much as 4in of snow is expected to land in the hills with the potential for about an inch at lower levels.
Motorists have been warned to expect ice and frost on the roads for the next few days.
However the worst of the snow will come on Saturday with Huntly, Braemar, Tomintoul and Keith among the places where it will land thickest.
Aberdeen Met Office meteorologist, Stuart Brookes, said this weekend could bring “a five year low” in temperatures.
He added: “Into the weekend it is mostly low temperatures and severe frost, mainly in inland areas. There will be cold weather and frost every night into next weekend.
“There will be some very cold temperatures. It is a kind of Arctic air mass coming down.
“-15c is even possible in the very coldest sites, particularly if we get some snow cover. We could see the lowest temperatures in the last five years.”