A blast of wintry weather forecast to hit Tayside and parts of Fife today has prompted the Met Office to issue an amber weather warning.
Motorists and pedestrians are being advised to take extra care with warnings of ice across many parts this morning.
Tayside Police are also urging drivers to be wary of the conditions, with the risk of snow and freezing rain, as well as low temperatures, overnight and through to Friday.
Forecasters are warning that a band of persistent rain, sleet and snow will creep from the west across the rest of Scotland, including Tayside with 2-5cm predicted above 200 metres in the area.
As skies clear the temperatures will drop below zero.
During Thursday and Friday there is the risk of wintry showers, followed by windy at times very windy conditions with temperatures remaining cold.
Fife Police said drivers should be extra careful as the weather is expected to get worse over the next few days.
Head of road policing Chief Inspector Davie McCulloch said: ”Drivers should be extra cautious in these low temperatures and beware of black ice on the roads.
”If you have to scrape frost and ice from your car, then you should expect the roads to be frosty and icy, and drive according to the road conditions.”
Freezing temperatures on Monday brought snow and ice to Scotland’s roads, while pedestrians endured black ice on pavements.
The M8 was closed westbound at junction six when a jack-knifed HGV created diesel spillage on the road. The junction slip road to the westbound carriageway was also closed.
The A77 northbound carriageway was closed at the B7038 Kilmarnock junction because of an accident.
Warnings were also issued for high winds on the Skye Bridge and ice on the B833 and A83 at Tarbert.
Transport Scotland announced that its multi-agency response team, which involves police, rail operators, road operating companies and the Met Office, will remain operational until at least Friday night.
Transport minister Keith Brown said: ”It’s been a testing start to the week for many commuters and the decision to extend Mart until at least the end of the week makes sense.
”Lessons are always being learned and we are continuing to prepare for the next phase of severe weather.
”Disruption can never be ruled out but we have already taken a wide range of steps to ensure that Scotland is as well-prepared as it can be.”