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Neil Pooran

Thunderstorm warning as more heavy rain on the way for Edinburgh this week

The dry weather isn't here to stay unfortunately.

A thunderstorm warning covering much of Scotland including Edinburgh and the Lothians has been issued for Tuesday and Wenesday.

The thunderstorm is expected to hit Edinburgh on Tuesday afternoon though there could be rain earlier in the morning as well.

There could also be hailstones and lightning, with similar weather forecast for Wednesday.  Transport may be disrupted and there could be further flooding.

Some areas will escape the worst of the storm, which will affect the north of Scotland the most.

The Met Office say: "Thunderstorms are expected to develop across much of Scotland from late Tuesday morning and through the afternoon, then slowly die out during Tuesday evening.

"Though some areas will miss these thundery showers, others could see 20mm within an hour and 30-40mm within 3 hours, as well as lightning and some hail.

"The greatest risk of impacts could well be across the north."

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