A weather warning has been issued with snow is forecast to hit Scotland on Tuesday.

The Met Office issued a yellow "be aware" warning for snow from midday on Tuesday to 9am on Wednesday.

The snow will affect all of Scotland's regions apart from Orkney and Shetland and will mainly be in hilly areas.

It will peter out during Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, but colder weather will return next week.

Drivers have been warned to take care on roads in higher areas.

There will be accumulations of up to 8cm in hillier areas, with as much as 15cm in areas higher than 300m.

STV's weather presenter Sean Batty said: "The weather is going to stay cold for most areas over the coming days, although it will turn milder later in the week. Before that happens though we've got a rather wintry spell of weather on the way for Tuesday.

"On Monday night temperatures in eastern parts of the Highlands, inland Moray and Aberdeenshire could drop to around -5C, with the coldest spots likely to be around Aviemore, Grantown on Spey and Tomintoul.

"The lowest temperature recorded this autumn so far is -5C at Tulloch Bridge on the 25th October.

"On Tuesday rain will move in from the west and as this collides with the colder air inland, it will turn readily to snow at high levels."

He continued: "The heaviest falls can be expected over the higher parts of Stirlingshire, Perthshire, Highlands, South Lanarkshire and Dumfries and Galloway.

"The wintry weather won't really set in until late afternoon and into the evening, when things could be a bit tricky on some of the higher roads. There is a risk of a little snow settling on the higher parts of the M8, around Harthill, later tomorrow.

"While most of the snow will fall on high ground, there is a risk that some wet snow could manage down to lower levels at times, such as around the Glasgow area.

"Milder weather will arrive by Friday, although colder conditions will return by the start of next week."

The Met Office said: "A band of rain spreading slowly in will turn to snow as it encounters cold air.

"Whilst this will be mainly on high ground, heavier bursts could easily bring snow down to low levels."

It added: "Please be aware of the risk of difficult driving conditions in some areas."