The heavy snow has caused problems for motorists across Scotland Scotland was hit by more heavy snow and freezing temperatures overnight, bringing chaos to roads and transport links across the country.
White-out conditions affected several main roads, including the A9 between Perth and Dunblane, while many bus and rail services were suspended.
The Met office issued a severe weather warning for areas across Scotland with snowfalls of five to 15cm expected.
Police forces warned drivers to take extreme care in the severe conditions.
The M8 is down to one lane in both directions.
In the Highlands the following roads have been closed: B9007 Ferness to Carrbridge, A939 Grantown-in-Spey to Tomintoul and the A95 Badenoch (Aviemore) area.
The A939 Tomintoul to Cockbridge is closed. Other roads forced to shut due to snow include: A93 Spittal of Glenshee, A9 Dunblane to Perth, M9 J10 Craigforth – J11 Keir, A68 at Carter Bar, and the A68 (s) at Jedburgh.
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Bear Scotland said it had five gritters on the A9 and hoped to open it as soon as possible.
It added that other roads were passable with care but urged people not to venture out on the roads unless absolutely necessary.
For the latest traffic updates visit www.trafficscotland.org.
Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill said councils had stocked up on salt and grit, with enough in store to handle “two month’s of heavy duty” needs.
ScotRail said many rail services were affected by the weather. Services to and from Glasgow Central were disrupted, and many other routes were experiencing short notice delays and cancellations.
A spokesman said due to the road conditions, rail replacement buses were unlikely to be available.
A worker at Edinburgh Airport helps prepare a plane for flight The main airports were open but most were experiencing delays in flights. A spokesman for Edinburgh Airport said flights were continuing but there were delays of up to an hour.
A spokesman for Glasgow Airport said there were some minor delays of up to 15 to 30 minutes and it had received some diversions from Edinburgh Airport.
At Aberdeen Airport, several flights were cancelled. The runway had to be closed for an hour for snow clearing, which resulted in flight delays.
Prestwick was operating as normal but had handled some diversions.
Calmac said it was not aware of any disruptions to ferry services.
Weather warnings
Sports fixtures were also hit by the freezing conditions, which forced the postponement of the matches between Dundee United and Rangers at Tannadice and Motherwell against Hearts at Fir Park.
Tayside Police said its non-emergency telephone lines were out of order, possibly due to a lightning strike on the telephone network in the Dundee area.
Loch Glascarnoch, between Ullapool and Inverness, saw temperatures fall to -15C (4F), a record low for November in Scotland.
The Met office issued a severe weather warning for Aberdeenshire, Angus, Fife, Dundee, Perth and Kinross and Stirling. And later issued further warnings for: Argyll and Bute, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverclyde, Midlothian, North Ayrshire, North Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire and the Borders.
It said snow showers would be heavy and prolonged at times throughout the day giving falls of five to 15cm, with up to 25cm on higher ground.
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