Exact time nine-hour thunderstorm set to batter Scotland

SCOTLAND is set to be battered by a horror nine-hour thunderstorm.

The country is set to be bruised by two huge rainstorms at the same time.

Some parts of the country are predicted to be sandwiched between two bands of low pressure.

Forecasters are predicting Elgin and Moray to be hit the hardest by the summer storm – with the rain heaviest in the Cairngorms.

Sunday afternoon is expected to see thunderstorms striking large swathes of the UK.

Weather service InMeteo warns that Dundee and surrounding areas could experience heavy rain.

The Met Office issued a yellow thunderstorm alert for Saturday covering the bottom half of the country and parts of Northern England.

The affected areas have been warned that the heavy rain will last for two to three hours, producing as much as up to 40mm of rain.

The slow moving storms could consist of heavy rain, lightning and hail with some of the heaviest parts producing up to 20mm of rain in under an hour.

It is set to last until 11pm tonight and cover the Glasgow region and surrounding areas, Tayside and Fife and the Borders.

However, the storm could see a return on Sunday as the wet weather continues.

But Scotland, could see a return to hot weather following the bruising.

Experts are predicting a spell of warm weather often enjoyed in Mediterranean countries to arrive later this month.

Aidan McGivern, a meteorologist with the Met Office, suggested that the last week of June could finally see a return to warm weather.

McGivern that it could be as late as June 25, adding: “This would allow the high pressure from the Azores to build over the UK, bringing drier and warmer weather in many places for the final week in June but I must emphasise that it is only a hint at the moment.”