Scots face severe floods & lightning as short-lived summer sun is snatched away

A RECENT brief taste of summer will be snatched away TOMORROW after the Met Office imposed multiple warnings for severe weather.

Slow-moving heavy showers are predicted to set in for much of the south and east of the country, leading to possible flooding of homes.

The deluge is expected to last from 8am until 8pm, affecting Central, Tayside and Fife, Grampian, south west Scotland, Lothian and Borders.

In Strathclyde region, the yellow ‘be aware’ warning affects East Ayrshire, East Renfrewshire, East Dunbartonshire, Glasgow, North Lanarkshire and South Lanarkshire.

While some parts within the warning area may escaped un-touched, where showers do occur they could deliver 15 to 20mm (almost an inch) of rain in an hour with 30 to 40mm (one and a half inches) possible in the space of two hours.

The occasional lightning strike is also a potential danger.

The Met Office warning states: “Heavy showers are expected to develop during Tuesday morning, then become more widespread and slow-moving across the east of the warning area during the afternoon.

“Showers will steadily ease during the evening.”

It’s expected spray and flooding on roads will making journey times longer.

Bus and train services are likely to be affected, with journey times being extended as well.

There is also a small chance that a few properties could be temporarily flooded in the heaviest showers.

The warnings come after a weekend where Scotland recorded some of the highest temperatures in the UK.

Thousands warmed to the summery conditions at the three-day TRNSMT music festival in Glasgow.

However, meteorologists say that Scotland’s summer has been duller and cooler than average.

Before today’s downpours, rainfall levels have been around what would be expected for the time of year.

Despite the rain, parts of the east of Scotland and the Kintyre area in the west have been placed on an ‘early warning’ for water scarcity.

The Scottish Environment Protection Agency say the Almond and Tweed catchments in the south east have also moved on to an ‘early warning.’

SEPA’s latest water scarcity report states:” Due to the rainfall over the last week, the Ythan, Don (Aberdeenshire), Dee (Aberdeen) and Tay river catchments have returned to normal conditions, with no water scarcity expected.

“However, low river flows and dry soils have seen the Almond and Tweed catchments raised to early warning of water scarcity.

“The Esk, Firth of Tay, Firth of Forth and Kintyre regions remain at early warning.

“Elsewhere across the country the level remains at normal.”

It comes after we revealed that 2024 could go down as the year of the ‘missing’ summer.

Weather experts predict July to be the ‘coldest in a decade’ if the weather doesn’t pick up soon.

TV weather guru Sean Batty lifted the lid on how long Scots might have to wait for summer sunshine.