FORECASTERS have warned of treacherous driving conditions for Easter holidaymakers with snow and torrential rain on the way.

A yellow snow alert has been issued for Scotland today.

The Met Office said there was a chance of delays on roads, with some stranded vehicles and disruption to rail and air travel.

Forecaster Helen Roberts said: “The main risk is rain, we have a number of warnings out at the moment, including a fairly large rain warning covering most of the country. It is going to cause problems for people travelling on Monday – there will be a lot of surface water.

“Further north there is a snow risk overnight with snow and sleet across the moors of England and hills and mountains of wales.”

Some communities could become cut off, mainly across the northern Pennines and Scottish Borders, with “significant accumul-ations” and up to 10cm of snow forecast.