Yellow wind, rain and snow warnings cover much of the UK on Saturday and into Sunday.
Met Office spokesman Oli Claydon said: “Because of the different nature of the weather across the UK, people really need to have an idea of what the forecast is for them specifically.
“Further south it’s wind and rain, further north it’s snow then rain and wind. So it really depends on where you are in the UK.”
In Yorkshire, the A628 remained closed overnight in both directions between the Hollingworth and Flouch due to snow, National Highways said.
The A66 Trans-Pennine route was also closed between the A6 and the M6 (J40).
An amber alert for heavy snow and ice will be in force between 07:00 GMT and 17:00 on Saturday in areas across Scotland, where potentiall 20-40cm could fall on higher ground.
Weather warning covers parts of Angus, Perth and Kinross, Stirlingshire, Aberdeenshire and some of the Highlands, Argyll and Bute, the Borders, Dumfries and Galloway, East Ayrshire and South Lanarkshire.
Ferry operator CalMac – which serves the west coast of Scotland – has cancelled several services on Saturday with disruption expected on many other services.
P&O Ferries said it had cancelled the 04:00 ferry between Larne in Northern Ireland and Cairnryan in Scotland’s south west on Saturday.
A second amber warning will be in place between 07:00 and 12:00 on Saturday, covering parts of Yorkshire and the north-east of England.
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