Edinburgh weather hour-by-hour: This is when experts predict snow as yellow weather warning comes into place

The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for snow in Edinburgh and the Lothians until 10pm today.

Gritters have been out in force preparing the roads as heavy snow has already begun to fall in the Borders.

The Met Office predicts that the area of snow will move northwards during the day, towards Edinburgh and the Lothians.

Snow is predicted in Edinburgh at 10am.

It is set to continue until 12pm or 1pm, when it will dissolve into rain and then drizzle.

It may return for rush hour in the afternoon around 6pm.

West Lothian will experience more snow, on-and-off throughout the day until 8pm.

Less snow is predicted for East Lothian, only around 10am.

Police Scotland has appealed to the public not to call 999 to ask for weather or traffic updates.

The Met Office said: "Snow is expected to spread northeastwards into Scotland early on Monday, perhaps even falling to low levels during the morning rush hour across and to the south of the Central Belt of Scotland, before spreading northwards into the rest of the warning area.

"Across the south of the warning area, snow may turn to rain during the afternoon, but further north, and especially on higher routes above 200 metres, significant accumulations of snow may occur during the afternoon and evening."

Hour-by-hour weather for Monday February 24:

7am: Heavy rain

8am: Light rain

9am: Light rain

10am: Heavy snow

11am: Heavy snow

12pm: Light snow or rain

1pm: Light rain

2pm: Drizzle

3pm: Drizzle

4pm: Mist

5pm: Light snow or rain

6pm: Light snow

7pm: Light snow

8pm: Cloud

9pm: Cloud

10pm: Cloud

11pm: Cloud