Scotland weather: New yellow weather warning for ice issued as Met Office warns of more travel disruption

The warning is in place from 7pm on Monday night until 10am on Tuesday, with travel disruption expected due to icy conditions.

The fresh warning covers Angus, Perth and Kinross, Stirling, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Moray, Highland and Argyll and Bute.

The Met Office said: “A combination of clear spells and light winds will allow road temperatures to fall below freezing on Monday evening across northern Scotland, continuing overnight and into Tuesday morning.

“This will allow icy stretches to form on untreated surfaces. The public are advised to take extra care and be aware of the risk of some minor travel disruption.”

The warning comes after a raft of flood warnings were issued across much of the country on Monday morning, with several roads and train services disrupted due to heavy rain.

The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) issued 19 flood warnings affecting parts of Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Caithness and Sutherland, Orkney, Scottish Borders and Tayside, with less severe alerts in force elsewhere.

The A9 at Blair Atholl is currently closed northbound due to flooding with police managing traffic. The southbound road has reopened.

The A92 at Portlethen is also closed northbound.

Traffic Scotland said on Monday morning high winds are affecting the Dornoch Bridge, Kessock Bridge and Skye Bridge.

Meanwhile, ScotRail said a number of train services are facing disruption, with speed restrictions in place on a number of routes and some delays and cancellations expected.

Affected services include the Inverness to Edinburgh route and trains to Fort William, Oban and Mallaig from Glasgow Queen Street.

On Sunday, Chief Meteorologist, Matthew Lehnert, said: “We’ll see a transition in our weather across the UK through Sunday, with mild Atlantic air moving in from the west. Temperatures will rise and we’ll see rain rather than snow accompanying some strong gusty winds in the north. Warnings have been issued for heavy and persistent rain, as well as these strong winds overnight in western and northern Scotland.

“While the wintry weather may have come to an end, the significant snow accumulations in parts of Scotland mixed with heavy rainfall and an increase in temperatures bring a risk of flooding in some areas as the snow melts. Keep up to date with the flood warnings issued by SEPA and check your flood risk.”