Storm Caroline forced the closure of schools and caused widespread travel disruption after sweeping into Scotland on Thursday morning.
Flights from Aberdeen, Inverness, Stornoway, Kirkwall and Benbecul were affected by the conditions, with a gust of 116mph recorded on Cairngorm Mountain.
Trains through Dundee and Perth were called off earlier as a result of “high winds” and the A9 Inverness to Perth road in the Highlands was hit by snow blizzards.
However Tayside and Fife has missed the worst of Storm Caroline, with a Met Office yellow warning for wind lifted.
Elsewhere in Scotland about 3,900 properties had to have their power restored as the storm moved in this morning, with more than 50 schools across the country closed.
Seven Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) flood alerts remain in force, including one throughout the Mearns. Two warnings are also in place.
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A Met Office severe “yellow” warning had been in place for the whole of Tayside and Fife from 6am until 6pm, with much of Scotland – including neighbouring Grampian – placed under a more serious “amber” warning as Storm Caroline moves in from the Arctic.
The amber alert is now only in place for Orkney, Shetland, a part of the Highlands and a small section of Aberdeenshire.
Winds of up to 80mph had been predicted for Tayside.
Earlier the Tay Road Bridge had been closed to double-decker buses and a 30mph limit imposed, but there are no longer any restrictions.
CalMac and NorthLink ferries were subject to disruptions or cancellations.
The Met Office has also warned of four days of snow in the wake of Storm Caroline.
