Heavy downpours and disruption expected amid yellow weather warning

Parts of Scotland are set to be battered by heavy showers as forecasters have issued a yellow weather warning.

The Met Office warned that slow-moving heavy showers are likely to lead to some disruption amid the alert, which will come into force from 8am on Tuesday to 8pm.

Heavy showers are expected to develop during the morning, before becoming more widespread and slow-moving across the east of the warning area during the afternoon. 

Whilst many places will miss the worst, some areas will see 15-20mm rainfall within an hour, with as much as 30-40mm set to fall over one to two hours in a few places. The Met Office added the odd lightning strike is also possible.

The warning covers Edinburgh, both East and West Lothian, Midlothian, Dumfries and Galloway, the Borders, East Ayrshire, East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Glasgow, North Lanarkshire, South Lanarkshire, Angus, Clackmannanshire, Dundee, Falkirk, Fife, Perth and Kinross, Stirling, Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire.

The Met Office warned that due to the weather, spray and flooding on roads would likely make journey times longer while bus and train services may be affected.

It added that there is a small chance that a few properties could be temporarily flooded in the heaviest showers.

Philip Petrie

It comes as rain is predicted to fall on St Swithin’s Day – which according to legend means it will rain for the next 40 days.

STV weather presenter Philip Petrie said: “Monday is a mixed bag in terms of our weather, with mild and bright conditions in the west, but then rain across the Northern Isles and in the east – so if the legend is to be believed Glasgow and the Western Isles will be sunny and it will rain in Edinburgh for the next 40 days…

“But this isn’t the case as most of us will, unfortunately, see rain by the end of the week, with a yellow weather warning already in place across central and eastern parts for heavy rainfall through Tuesday.”

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