Scotland is set to be battered by snow as temperatures look set to plummet.
Forecasters from the Met Office have issued a yellow weather warning for snow and ice which comes into effect at 10pm tonight and lasts till 10am on Thursday.
The warning covers the entire west coast of the country as well as the far north, Orkney and Shetland.
As a result there is expected to be travel disruption right across Scotland due to the severity of the weather.
Road, rail and bus services are likely to be affected with longer journey times expected throughout the course of the day.
A drop in temperatures, below freezing, could lead to some injuries from slips and falls on icy surfaces.
In some places there could be around 10cm of snow in some places.
A Met Office statement read: " Wintry showers are expected to continue through Wednesday night into Thursday morning, especially over Northern Ireland and western Scotland, before developing more widely across parts of northern England, the north Midlands and north Wales later in the night.
"This will leave surfaces wet, leading to icy stretches developing on untreated surfaces. Showers will fall as a mixture of hail, sleet and snow.
"Some places are likely to see 1-3cm of snow, mainly above 100m, with 5-10cm possible above 400m."
A similar waring is currently in place for the west and north of the country for snow and ice.
