Motorists were being warned about the risk of adverse weather today which could cause hazardous driving conditions.

The Met Office issued a yellow alert for snow across the central belt and council gritters were on standby.

A band of low pressure moving in from the Atlantic means the west of Scotland could be hit first,

The snow is forecast to turn to heavy rain, which will spread eastwards across the rest of the country during the day.

However, across higher ground the snow could continue to fall.

A Met Office spokesman said: "The snow combined with gales is expected to give some very poor traveling conditions."

Councillor Alistair Watson, executive member for Land & Environmental Services at Glasgow City Council, said the safety of citizens and keeping Glasgow open for business were the priorities.

He said: "Our aim is to enable the safe passage of vehicles and pedestrians throughout the city and to minimise delays.

"A total of 53% of the city's roads are classed as priority routes and it is important that people understand that we must prioritise the city's main roads and bus routes.

"Priority activities include gritting the road network by night, gritting major pedestrian precincts, routes from fire and police stations, hospitals and bus depots, city footpaths, shopping centres outside of the city centre, routes to schools, and steep hills.

"We have winter controllers on duty around the clock, so action can be taken at the first sign of deteriorating conditions."