THE Met Office has issued a snow warning for much of Scotland this week. 

In the Strathclyde region, residents are told to expect snow from Wednesday night in Renfrewshire, Inverclyde, West Dunbartonshire, North and South Lanarkshire. 

Glasgow is not listed and is expected to dodge the coldest weather. 

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A statement from the Met Office reads: "Frequent showers will increasingly turn to snow Wednesday night and persist into Thursday morning though these likely to fall as sleet and hail at times, mainly around coasts.

"Northwest Scotland looks most exposed to these showers with 2 cm of snow accumulating by Thursday morning in places even to low levels.

"Larger accumulations are expected at higher elevations with 2-5 cm above 200 m and up to 10 cm over some of the highest routes.

"Whilst the Southern Uplands is likely to see some snow over higher ground the likelihood is that only very small accumulations are expected here below 200 m."

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The following regions are expected to see cold weather, with the risk of ice and snow:

Strathclyde

  • Argyll and Bute
  • East Ayrshire
  • Inverclyde
  • North Ayrshire
  • North Lanarkshire
  • Renfrewshire
  • South Ayrshire
  • South Lanarkshire
  • West Dunbartonshire

Central, Tayside & Fife

  • Perth and Kinross
  • Stirling

Highlands & Eilean Siar

  • Na h-Eileanan Siar
  • Highland

SW Scotland, Lothian and Borders

  • Dumfries and Galloway
  • Edinburgh
  • Midlothian Council
  • Scottish Borders
  • West Lothian