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Ryan Carroll

Met Office issues yellow weather warning for snow in Scotland

A yellow weather warning for snow is in place for parts of Scotland throughout Thursday morning.

The Met Office issued the update which began at 3am on Thursday morning and will stay until 11am.

Some Scots woke up to snow this morning after a rare flurry of Arctic weather in May.

Weather bosses are urging those preparing to travel to take extra precautions.

The yellow warning for snow has been put in place for much of the country (Met Office)

Some roads and railways might be affected, and delays are possible.

Traffic Scotland have asked people to drive carefully as heavy snow is already falling.

Met Office chiefs said: "Snow penetrating to relatively low levels could cause disruption to travel at first this morning.

"Some roads and railways likely to be affected with longer journey times by road, bus and train services."

Pictures published on the Traffic Scotland Twitter page show a white out across some Scots roads this morning.

Footage from the A9 at Slochd and Daviot in the Highlands showed the dangerous conditions as snow builds up on the road.

Snow on the A9 northbound this morning (Traffic Scotland)

Meanwhile pictures taken from the A720 and M8 displayed heavy snowfall near Edinburgh just after 6am.

The weather takes the chilly wintery turn as millions across the country head to the polling stations to cast a vote in the Scottish Parliament elections.

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