Shifting focus momentarily away from the "weather bomb" coverage, the Scottish Sun leads with the headline "Hunt for Spy Sub".

It says an international sea hunt was launched after a spy submarine was spotted close to the Faslane nuclear HQ.

Meanwhile, The National's front page says: "The VIP witness at our historic same-sex marriage... the first minister."

It says Nicola Sturgeon will be present when civil partners Susan and Gerrie Douglas-Scott finally get to tie the knot in Glasgow on Hogmanay.

Read our newspaper round-up here.

Jacqueline Dey, Operations and Safety Director at First ScotRail, says unaffected rail services have "started well" this morning.

Speaking on BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programme, she added: "We have replacement buses between Kilwinning, Largs and Ardrossan; and between Dumbarton and Helensburgh.

"We've also secured buses between Inverness and Dingwall. We're dealing with our supplier to see, once the roads are considered to be clear, where we could put additional buses on."

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tweets, external: Top wind gusts (mph): S.Uist 77, Islay 77, Machrihanish 73, Stornoway 69, Tiree 66, Oban 63, Drumalbin 63, Lerwick 62, Skye 62, Salsburgh 61

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A92 from Cowdenbeath to Lochgelly. Accident and really heavy traffic. Weather conditions - icy and rainy.

Traffic Scotland tweets:, external Dornoch Bridge is now just a High Winds warning. It's no longer closed to High Sided Vehicles.... for now!

Stromness lifeboat has been called out after a Spanish fishing boat radioed in a Mayday after being hit by a large wave off the west coast of Orkney.

It is understood the wheelhouse windows of the trawler were smashed in the incident. The exact position of the fishing boat is not known but coastguards say that it will take the lifeboat some time to reach the vessel.

The whole of the Western Isles are without power.

About 17,000 customers have no electricity. SSE say they hope to have fixed the fault by 10:30.

Hundreds of homes have also been affected by power cuts in the Highlands and in West Lochaber.

Ken McEwan, from the Met Office, told Radio Scotland's Good Morning Scotland programme that most of the country will see more of the same weather throughout the day, with the north west and Northern Isles worst affected.

He said: "The bulk of the country will see mean speeds of about 35-40mph, with gusts of 50 or 60mph but in the showers today the winds will get up quite readily to up to 70mph gusts and there will be the odd gust of up to 80mph in the showers.

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"Far west coastal fringes and round the north west and Northern Isles and Western Isles of Scotland will see stronger winds, almost violent storm force and we'll see gusts certainly around the 80mph mark, particularly in those gusty showers. I wouldn't rule out some gusts of 90mph in the far north west."

He added that it would take a while for the storm to clear.

"It's going to be a very slow process, that is a really large area of low pressure and it's only slowly moving east wards so we'll keep in that very strong wind flow today, tonight and tomorrow.

"It will slowly ease tomorrow and we will eventually see a reduction in the showers later tomorrow with the winds coming down."

Laura Bicker
Scotland Correspondent, BBC News

Friends on Western Isles tell me the thunder there sounds like the sky is being ripped apart #scotstorm #weatherbomb

Inspector Bryan McGeogh, from Police Scotland, said: "I would advise people to travel with caution across the country.

"Very high winds are expected which could impact on the road network, rail travel, ferries and bridges and driving in these conditions could be particularly hazardous."

The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) said the "exceptionally strong winds and tidal surge" were expected to produce unusually high tides and large waves along the west coast of the country.

James Cook
Scotland Correspondent, BBC News

Gusts of more than 75mph reported on Skye Bridge, more than 70mph on Forth and Tay Bridges, @trafficscotland tell #bbcgms. #scotstorm

A number of rail services have been withdrawn. No trains will run on the following lines:

• Inverness-Kyle/Thurso/Wick

• Ayr-Stranraer

• Kilwinning-Ardrossan/Largs

• Dumbarton Central-Helensburgh Central

• Glasgow Queen St-Oban/Fort William/Mallaig (including the Caledonian Sleeper)

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Gary Robertson
BBC Radio Scotland

Latest on effects of #scotstorm on road and rail network from @trafficscotland & @ScotRail #bbcgms 0710

You can listen live to Good Morning Scotland here.

Traffic Scotland tweets: , externalTake care during high winds, pay attention to bridge restrictions, don't want this to happen again... #StaySafe

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All schools, nurseries, libraries and council sports facilities in the Western Isles will remain closed on Wednesday.

The Skye Bridge is closed completely, while the Forth Road Bridge, Erskine Bridge and Tay Road Bridge are closed to high-sided vehicles.

Many ferries have been cancelled including the Ardrossan to Brodick crossings, Kennacraig to Islay and Stornoway to Ullapool.

Network Rail said the vast majority of the train network would be running but they had withdrawn services in the more exposed areas such as coastal routes and the far north line up towards Wick and Thurso.

A Armitstead: The Achiltibuie area has already had 74 mph gust at 04:00 hrs with thunder and lightening currently wind is 40 mph with pressure falling very rapidly.

Anonymous: Rail replacement buses are running Ayr to Stranraer.

Nick: Absolutely amazing thunder and lighting just north of Stranraer. Flashing about every 30 seconds.

Have you been affected by the bad weather? Share your experiences via text to 80295, email us at newsonlinescotland@bbc.co.uk or tweet using #scotstorm to offer your pictures/comments.

The rapid cyclogenesis - known colloquially as a "weather bomb" - is a deep, low-pressure system moving slowly eastwards between Scotland and Iceland.

BBC weather's Peter Gibbs explains.

Severe gales and flooding are expected to cause disruption as a so-called "weather bomb" batters Scotland.

Met Office amber "be prepared" warnings are in place for the west coast and the Highlands and islands.

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A yellow "be aware" warning covers the rest of the country.

Ferry, rail and road services were disrupted on Tuesday as winds strengthened. Waves of up to 40ft have been forecast and flood warnings are also in place.

Thomas McGuigan
BBC Scotland News

Good morning and welcome to a special weather edition of Scotland Live, rebranded as Weather Bomb Live, with storms affecting travel throughout the country.