Scotland has recorded its coldest night of the year so far as tempertaures dropped to a bone-chilling -15.2C.
The Met Office confirmed that Kinbrace in the Highlands recorded the coldest temperature of 2023 on Tuesday evening. The area is expected to remain in the negatives until 1pm, according to Met Office forecasts, with highs of just 1C expected today.
The current cold-snap has seen wintry conditions arrive across parts of the country as northern Arctic air moves in. With several weather warnings in-place, Scotland has been hit with heavy snowfall and ice this week.
The Met Office announced the coldest night of the year on its Twitter account this morning. The tweet read: "It's a very chilly start to Wednesday for many of us. Kinbrace in Scotland dropped to -15.2 Celsius overnight, making it the coldest night of the year so far."
Moving into Thursday, more chilly conditions are expected, with temperatures to plunge to -11C between 5am and 6am.
Scots across northern and north-eastern parts of the country woke up to wintery conditions today, with road disruptions, warnings of property damage and school closures.
There are two Met Office Yellow warnings in place, one for snow and ice in the Highland and Islands that begins at 6pm tonight and lasts until 10am on Thursday.
And another 'high impact' snow warning affecting the central belt and borders begins at 3am on Thursday and lasts until 6pm on Friday.
Speaking on Thursday and Friday's weather, Met Office Deputy Chief Meteorologist Helen Caughey said the risk of snow could spread across more central parts of the country.
She said: "Through Thursday and Friday the snow risk spreads to central and northern areas of the UK, with the potential of some significant accumulations even to low levels, which have the potential to cause impacts.
"Parts of Northern Ireland, Wales and northern England are expected to see the worst of the conditions develop from early on Thursday, with parts of Scotland and northern England then seeing snow arrive through Thursday afternoon.
"Snow across the northern half of the UK will persist through much of Friday, while further south, any snow will turn back to rain through Thursday afternoon and evening.
"Strong winds are also expected to develop through Thursday and Friday which may create drifting snow and blizzard conditions in places."
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