Weather snow map
As the winds strengthen tonight, rain sweeping in, falling and sleet and wet snow across hills of southern Britain - further north more significant snow expected to bring up to another 20cm in parts of Scotland and northern England.
Forecasters said delays or cancellations were likely to rail and air travel, warning that some rural communities may be cut off and that power cuts are "probable".
Warnings of ice and snow have been extended into the weekend after police urged truckers to drive with "extreme caution".
Snow: Lorries blocked the A75. A number of schools in South Lanarkshire and Dumfries and Galloway were also affected.
Superintendent Calum Glenny said: "Despite some hard weather conditions in the Dumfries and Galloway area which caused some disruption, the weather was not as severe as was first forecast".
"When we take decisions to upgrade travel warnings, we do so with careful consideration and public safety is paramount at all times".
During the night, temperatures dropped at low as -7C in Loch Glascarnoch.
It said more drivers could be stranded, as happened on the M74 on Tuesday night, with strong winds also threatening blizzards later today.
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Mountain rescue teams were drafted in to check on drivers stuck in their vehicles after heavy snow showers hit the area throughout Tuesday evening (January 16) and into the early hours of Wednesday.
Answering an urgent question on the incident at the Scottish Parliament, Transport Minister Humza Yousaf apologised to the drivers affected, saying that 15 gritters had attended but could not get the cars moving.
The motorway reopened on Wednesday morning but Transport Scotland warned that conditions remained challenging after a "very hard night".
More than 50 schools and nurseries in the Highlands have been closed due to the weather, with over 3,000 children enjoying a snow day.
The warnings also cover Central Scotland, Tayside, Fife, Lothian and Borders and Strathclyde.
"On Thursday we're back to sunshine and scattered wintry showers, like the last couple of days, mainly affecting the north and west".
"What we faced was extremely challenging weather that we actually haven't seen in Scotland for a number of years, in the sense of the widespread nature of that snow, the persistence of it, and even some of the depth", he added.
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