Graham Fraser
BBC Scotland

Thank you for reading today's live blog, which was focussed on the adverse weather in Scotland.

Join us from 07:00 tomorrow for all the latest news and sport including any more developments from the storm.

Good night.

Hawick Common Riding tweets:, external Car blown over in Hawick. No injuries reported! @trafficscotland #weatherbomb

Image source, Hawick Common Riding

Virgin Trains tweets, external: Delays of up to 60 minutes between Carlisle and Glasgow Central / Edinburgh expected until 20:30 following a broken down train near Lockerbie.

Image source, Virgin Trains

First TransPennine Express passengers may use CrossCountry services between Edinburgh and Birmingham and Virgin Trains services on any reasonable route.

Virgin Trains passengers may use East Coast, First TransPennine Express and ScotRail on any reasonable route and CrossCountry services between Edinburgh and Birmingham.

Traffic Scotland tweets, external: #A87 Skye Bridge is now *open* to CARS ONLY. #DriveSafe #WindyBridges

Gill Merriman took this picture today around lunchtime, looking north from Birsay, Orkney.

Image source, Gill Merriman

Gill says the cliffs are at least 70ft high and the buildings are an old World War Two radar station.

The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) reports flood warnings have been removed for Oban, Dumbarton and Tayside. However coastal flooding is still possible overnight.

Image source, SEPA

Keep an eye on the flood warnings for your area on the SEPA site, external.

Traffic Scotland tweets, external: The weather is bad, And traffic is busy, But don't worry drivers, Traffic Scotland is with ye ;) #StaySafe #winterinfo

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An 82mph wind gust recorded in South Uist (Western Isles) at 17:00. This beats the current top gust today of 81mph in Tiree earlier.

Ferry Operator CalMac tweets, external: UPDATE: #Oban - #Coll - #Tiree - tomorrow (11/12) the 0715 departure from #Oban delayed until a review is made at 1000.

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On the A96 Aberdeen to Inverurie road, an accident just past the Dyce cut off is causing delays in the direction of Inverurie.

Chas Moonie from Ayr sent us this photo from Ayr Harbour Pier, taken at about 14:00 today.

Image source, Chas Moonie

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National Rail tweets, external: Delays of up to 20 minutes through #Partick until at least 19:00

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The Skye Road Bridge is now closed because of the high winds.

Traffic Scotland tweets, external: A720 is busy this evening at Calder westbound due to broken down lorry. Also busy at Straiton.

Image source, Traffic Scotland

Network Rail Scotland reported a points problem at Finnieston junction in Glasgow, which caused delays through Partick and Airdrie.

While the issue is resolved, the knock on effect is likely to cause problems for commuters.

John Johnston

Lightning and high winds did plunge part of the north and the west of the island into darkness for a few hours this morning. Supplies are still lost to about 2,500 customers on the islands of Yell and Unst, and Brae on the west side.

With no power this morning the Islands Council had no choice but to close eight schools. Around 270 customers are still without power this evening, but Scottish and Southern Energy tell us they hope to have them back on by around 18:00.

All internal ferries have been running but there has been a few delays down at the main airport. At the harbour, lots of oil and fishing boats are sheltering there, and looking out to sea there has been some spectacular views of the large waves pounding the jagged coastline.

BBC reporter Roddy Munro

There are still 162 customers in Harris without power, and about 368 in Uist. SSE says they hope to have the majority of these people reconnected by 19:00.

Comhairle nan Eilean Siar yesterday took the decision that all schools, sports centres and libraries in the Western Isles would be closed and it is hoped that as the weather abates throughout the night that it will be business as usual tomorrow.

There have been no ferry sailings for the last two days, and CalMac are running an amended timetable.

Ferry Operator CalMac has updated the list of their cancelled services due to the adverse weather.

Sailings between Wemyss Bay - Rothesay and Tobermory - Kilchoan are cancelled for the remainder of today.

Storms in December aren't unusual, but it's the waves that mark this one out as a bit different.

Stornoway coastguards have described the sea state as phenomenal - a term they keep for only the most extreme conditions.

Off the west coast, the waves have been averaging between 14 and 15 metres (around 45 or 50ft) although some have been considerably higher.