Commuters may face further disruptions in parts of the UK as forecasters predict more snow, a day after air and train passengers endured miserable delays.
A light dusting of snow sent the UK's transport system into meltdown on Wednesday, with major holiday airport Stansted shut for more than two hours and road and rail journeys delayed.
While England and Wales are expected to enjoy milder conditions on Thursday, Scotland is braced for more cold temperatures and snow.
Sky News weather presenter Isobel Lang said: "Today's risk of disruption from winter weather is further northwest across Scotland, northern England and Wales with the potential for ice, rain and heavy snow.
"The snow is most likely to cause problems over around 200m, where several centimetres is forecast, perhaps with as much as 10cm to 15cm building up over higher routes over 400m.
"Lower-lying areas should not be badly affected although some slushy snow is possible for a time."
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Overnight temperatures in Scotland plunged to -12C in Braemar, and up to 15cm (6in) of snow could fall on higher ground on Thursday, and 3cm (1.25in) in Aberdeenshire, Glasgow and Edinburgh.
Motorists are warned to be careful on the icy roads On Wednesday a 79-year-old man was found dead near a school in Angus. It is unclear whether his death was related to the weather and police are not treating it as suspicious.
The Met Office issued an amber alert for most of Scotland on Wednesday night. Four of the six regions in Scotland are under the "be prepared" snow warning, while Orkney, Shetland, southwest Scotland and the Lothian and Borders area have a yellow "be aware" alert until 11am.
Travel networks are likely to be disrupted, especially over the M8 corridor to the east of Glasgow, across Perthshire and over much of inland eastern Scotland.
Friday will bring slightly better weather all round but there could still be some problems with transport, said Lang.
"There may be some snow early on Friday which could again bring some temporary disruption to motorists - in particular over eastern counties of England," she said.
"The main theme for Friday is a drier and brighter one as the weather improves from the west, but with a cold and gusty northerly wind."
Lang said the weekend should be better, however she warned motorists should prepare for difficult driving conditions.
"Travel disruption is unlikely at the weekend - although there will still be icy roads and perhaps some fog on Saturday and the risk of some wintry showers in the north during Sunday."
Passengers' patience wore thin at Stansted But next week is expected to be much worse, according to Lang.
"The weather is looking much colder next week with the potential for an icy blast from the east. This could bring some significant snow falls across eastern Britain."
On Wednesday, forecasters said the snow that caused transport chaos had amounted to no more than "one or two centimetres in places".
Luton, Aberdeen and Stansted airports were affected by the wintry conditions on Wednesday.
Stansted Airport, in Essex, was shut from about 6am to 8.30am, and passengers' patience wore thin as flights were delayed and then cancelled.
Patrycja Kubiak, from Poznan in Poland, was due to fly home on the 7.05am flight, but at around 8.30am she was told it had been cancelled.
The 20-year-old music student said: "I'm just surprised that such a small amount of snow can cause these problems. It only snowed for half an hour."
Flight schedules for Stansted are currently operating as normal, the airport's website said, and Luton airport also showed no indications of delays.
Rail routes in southern England were also hit by poor conditions.
Trains were cancelled between Watford Junction in Hertfordshire and Harrow and Wealdstone in northwest London, while snow caused delays of up to 90 minutes between London and Reading in Berkshire.
There were cancellations between Barnes and Hounslow via Brentford in west London, while there were delays between London and Ashford International in Kent and also between Sevenoaks in Kent and Hither Green in southeast London.
The A120 was one of the many roads in Essex to be affected by the weather, while the A171 near Scarborough was one of Yorkshire's snow-hit routes.
:: Read more on Sky News Weather, including Thursday's forecast
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