{"id":511662,"date":"2026-04-04T00:40:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T00:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/511662\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T00:40:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T00:40:09","slug":"scotland-braced-for-worst-of-storm-dave-with-wind-and-snow-warnings-in-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/511662\/","title":{"rendered":"Scotland braced for worst of Storm Dave with wind and snow warnings in place"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Police Scotland said people should delay their journeys if possible.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Ch Supt Scott McCarren, head of road policing, said: &#8220;Stopping distances can be at least double on wet roads compared to dry conditions, and spray can reduce driver visibility.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;HGV and bus drivers should drive with extreme caution and be aware you may be asked to park at a suitable position by the police.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He added: &#8220;If you need to travel, please drive to the conditions and take extra time for your journey.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">ScotRail has asked passengers to check its social media and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.journeycheck.com\/scotrail\/\" class=\"ssrcss-1e0jzsh-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> journey check website , external<\/a>for updates.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">West coast ferry operator CalMac has already warned of disruption to its sailings, and Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd (Hial), said the adverse weather could impact on flights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police Scotland said people should delay their journeys if possible. Ch Supt Scott McCarren, head of road policing,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":511663,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-511662","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-united-kingdom","8":"tag-gb","9":"tag-great-britain","10":"tag-greatbritain","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=511662"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511662\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/511663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=511662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=511662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=511662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}