The alert for wind is one of two new warnings issued. Heavy rain is also being forecast on Saturday, with the gales on Sunday into Christmas Day.
The Met Office is forecasting up to 15cm in parts of the Highlands overnight Friday into Saturday as people prepare to travel for Christmas.
More than two dozen schools and nurseries across the Highlands were closed on Thursday after Storm Pia brought gales and widespread disruption.
Services will be suspended on Thursday on the Far North and Kyle lines, as well as between Inverness and Inverurie.
The forecaster is predicting wintry showers and colder temperatures in the north as this weekend gives way to Christmas Day.
Highland rail passengers have been warned to expect possible disruption after speed restrictions were announced following an amber weather alert.
Torrential rain could bring up to 200mm of precipitation this weekend and may trigger landslides, the Met Office has warned.
Police have urged Highland residents to be on the alert after the force received reports from locals who had received scam callers.
As much as 175mm of rain could fall in places this weekend, the Met Office has warned after it issued a yellow alert for large areas of the Highlands.
A pair of railway stations in Caithness and Sutherland are among the 10 least used in the whole of Great Britain, new figures have revealed.
Two vehicles collided on the B876 Wick to Castletown road at its junction with the B870 at around 9.50am on Sunday.
The Highlands is one of Scotland's worst hot-spots for drink-driving, new data has revealed as police gear up for their annual festive crackdown.
Temperatures in the Highlands fell well below freezing overnight , with the mercury bottoming out at -18C near the A9 in the Cairngorms National Park.
Warnings for snow have been issued for large swathes of the Highlands – especially in the east – with up to 10cm possible in hilly spots
Highland residents were waking up to what is likely to have been the coldest night of the winter so far after the mercury plummeted as low as -15C.
Key railway improvements which could dramatically boost train reliability on Highland lines may not take place as soon as hoped, campaigners fear.
Hundreds of residents in the far north were without power electricity on Friday morning after a power cut.
The Met Office yellow warning for snow and ice comes into force on Friday evening and covers parts of the far north.
Rail passengers in the far north have been reassured that Altnabreac’s temporarily closed station will reopen to passengers.
Rail passengers on the Far North Line may wait years for a solution to overcrowded trains during the height of the cruise ship season, it is feared.
