Wintry weather is causing disruption across parts of the UK, with warnings of severe gales in England later.
An amber "be prepared" warning is in place for central and southern Scotland, where snow is blocking some roads and creating hazardous driving conditions.
More than 100 schools are closed across Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Gales of up to 75mph (120km/h) are forecast for England's southern and western coast later.
Scotland's amber warning covers Strathclyde; Central, Tayside and Fife; and South West Scotland, Lothian and Borders, while yellow "be aware" warnings are in place for ice, rain and wind across the rest of the UK.
BBC weather presenter Jay Wynne said: "It's drifting its way eastwards so we are likely to see some snow across the Chilterns, the Cotswolds, the South Downs, and maybe some at lower levels as well.
"One way or another, it will be a slippery start to the day. Ice will be a widespread hazard across large swathes of the UK.
"And there's more snow to come through the central lowlands though Wednesday morning - a good 5cm to 10cm in places.
"It will be icy with further snow showers in Northern Ireland through the morning and a few across northern England, and a widespread risk of ice generally across England and Wales."
Scotrail said services would be suspended on a number of West Coast routes from 12:00 on Wednesday until 18:00 on Thursday due to the stormy conditions being forecast.
No trains will run on the Dumbarton Central to Helensburgh Central, Glasgow to Oban, Kyle to Dingwall, and Kilwinning to Ardrossan lines.
On Tuesday, engineers battled with extreme weather to reconnect homes in the north of Scotland which remained cut off over the weekend after storms hit power to 140,000 properties last week.
Around 1,100 homes in Shetland are without power after their electricity supply was cut in the early hours. Energy company SSE says it hopes to restore power by lunchtime.
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