An amber weather warning has been issued for Lanarkshire by the Met Office after heavy snow fell across Scotland's Central Belt overnight.
A yellow alert was already in place, with warnings for travellers to take extra care this morning.
The Met Office has now revealed that snow showers are moving across much of the country, with a number of road closures being reported during the early hours.
The new amber warning warning was issued at 3.53am this morning, with the Met Office saying: "Outbreaks of snow are expected to move eastwards across Scotland on Friday.
"Snow will initially fall to low levels, with 5 to 10cm accumulating in places this morning in two to three hours.
"From late morning, snow at low levels will turn to sleet or rain, but further snow is likely above 200 metres where up to 20 cm may accumulate by afternoon."
The weather forecaster says that travel delays on roads are likely, stranding some vehicles and passengers, some delays and cancellations to rail and air travel are likely.
It also says there is a good chance that some rural communities could become cut off, and power cuts are likely and other services, such as mobile phone coverage, may be affected.
Road maintenance and management firm BEAR Scotland said: "We have gritters out but driving conditions are difficult. Please reduce your speed and take care."
A Yellow warning is still in place covering the early hours of this morning until around 8pm this evening.
It comes as forecasters issued a further yellow warning for snow and ice covering the majority of Scotland, Wales, the north of England and the English Midlands from 3am to 9pm on Sunday.
The Met Office says the UK will be swept by snow on Saturday night with the potential for up to 15cm in the north of Scotland.
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