Over 150 schools and nurseries closed across Scotland as snow and ice warning in place

dailyrecord.co.uk:

Over 100 schools in Scotland are closed today as temperatures plummeted across the country overnight.Councils in the north of Scotland, and in Shetland, confirmed the closures on Thursday morning as the country braces for potentially the coldest January day for more than a decade, with forecasters predicting lows of -20C.Temperatures in some parts of the country dropped as low as -12.4C overnight, with a yellow weather warning remaining in place until midnight.Highland Council confirmed 100 schools and 50 nurseries had closed, with a bus operator in the region not operating any services or school transport in the interest of passenger safety.

Over 20 schools in Aberdeenshire and five in Shetland will also not be opening today. The latest yellow weather warning, which came into force at noon on Wednesday and states that up to 15cm of snow could fall on high ground in the north and north east of Scotland.A Met Office statement read: "Sleet and snow showers will continue for the rest of Thursday, before dying out by the end of Thursday evening.

North-west Scotland and the Northern and Western Isles will see the most frequent showers on Wednesday, before extending to the north east on Thursday.

Further accumulations of 3-7cm are expected to low levels, with 10-15cm possible above 150 metres."Snow fields could see temperatures between -16C and -20C.