Commuters are being warned of potential disruption as snow is forecast to fall across many parts of the UK.
The Met Office has issued an amber weather warning - meaning "be prepared" - for snow for central and southern Scotland until 10:00 GMT.
Lower-level yellow warnings are in place for ice and rain across the rest of the UK.
Severe gales are expected to develop, reaching speeds of up to 75mph (120km/h), the Met Office has warned.
The amber warning covers Strathclyde; Central, Tayside and Fife; and South West Scotland, Lothian and Borders.
Other problems caused by the weather conditions on Wednesday include:
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.
SSE's Scottish Hydro Electric Power Distribution said it remained on high alert because of the storm-force winds and heavy snow forecast for Wednesday and Thursday.
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