Benjamin RussellBBC Scotland
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Heavy snowfall has caused severe disruption across the north of Scotland this week
A weather warning for snow and ice has been upgraded to amber on Sunday, with more severe wintry conditions due to hit parts of Scotland.
A series of Met Office yellow warnings for snow, wind and rain cover much of the rest of the country, with bitterly cold temperatures set to continue for a second weekend.
The amber warning area, which comes into effect from 03:00, extends from the North East into Tayside and Central Scotland until 14:00 on Sunday.
The Scottish government, police, local authorities and other groups were meeting on Saturday to discuss their response to the upgraded weather alert.
Transport Scotland said there would be “challenging conditions” and route closures. It warned of power cuts and a potential risk to life and property.
Transport secretary Fiona Hyslop said the snow would “inevitably impact the transport network”.
She said: “If you are in the area covered by the amber warning, you should consider delaying journeys if you can and working from home if that is an option.
“The past ten days have brought some real challenges for frontline staff, so I would once again like to thank them all for their tireless work.”
Where are the weather warnings?
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Scotland is covered with a series of Met Office warning areas for snow, wind and rain until Monday
Amber warning: Snow
When? Sunday 03:00 until 14:00Where? Central, Tayside & Fife, Grampian, Highlands
Yellow warning: Snow and Ice
When? Sunday 02:00 until 15:00 Where? Central Scotland, Tayside & Fife, Grampian, Highlands, Orkney, Lothian Borders and Southern Scotland
Yellow warning: Wind
When? Sunday 00:00 until 21:00Where? Central Scotland, Tayside & Fife, Grampian, Highlands, Western Isles, Orkney, Shetland, South West, Scotland Lothian and Borders
Yellow warning: Rain
When? Sunday 02:00 until 21:00Where? Tayside & Fife, Highlands, Western Isles, Argyll and West Dunbartonshire
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Aberdeen and the north east is dealing with a second weekend of heavy snow.
The Met Office said that “heavy and persistent snowfall” could lead to further disruption on Sunday, with a “good chance that some rural communities could become cut off.”
A spokesperson added: “Ice will be a more widespread hazard, especially overnight as temperatures fall widely below freezing.”
Scotland has faced a week of disruption across the north of the country.
More than 250 schools remained closed on Friday, including more than 150 in Aberdeenshire, dozens in the Highlands and Aberdeen, and a number in Moray.
Many pupils will have had a whole week off school at the start of the new term.
On Friday, Snow closed the Inverness-Wick railway line and a number of local roads remained closed.
However, the main travel routes in the north and north-east have been cleared.
Aberdeenshire Council said there was still disruption on the roads and they were focusing on clearing areas “still affected by deep snow”.
A spokesperson said: “This will involve digging out and removing snow from the area because the volume that has fallen is generally greater than the space available on the streets to hold it.
The council urged people not to travel unnecessarily and asked people to upload photographs of roads across the area to the council’s portal to assist with its understanding of conditions.