A YELLOW weather warning for heavy rainfall and flooding has been issued for parts of Scotland this weekend.
The Met Office has issued a weather alert for the Borders and a large part of the Central Belt, including Edinburgh and Glasgow, from 9am on Saturday to 6am on Sunday.
In its weather warning, the Met Office said that “heavy rain may cause travel disruption and flooding in places”.
The forecaster also warned that there is a slight chance of power cuts and loss of other services to some homes and businesses due to the downpour.
The alert added that there is also a small chance of fast-flowing or deep floodwater, which could be a “danger to life”.
Thunder and strong winds are also expected to come later in the day, which could cause further disruption to travel.
A spokesperson for the Met Office said: “Rainfall will spread northeastwards on Saturday, and become persistent and at times heavy. Through this period 20-40 mm of rain is expected to fall widely, with some locations perhaps seeing 75-100 mm, with much of this total falling in the later hours of the event.
“From mid-Saturday onwards, increasingly strong gusty winds and perhaps some thunder will also accompany the rainfall, further increasing the risk of disruption.
“By the early hours of Sunday, persistent heavy rain will have likely cleared from Wales, with this rain easing for Northern England and Scotland by dawn on Sunday morning. Showers then follow, and winds remain strong through Sunday.”
Areas affected by the yellow warning include:
- Falkirk
- Fife
- Dumfries and Galloway
- East Lothian
- Edinburgh
- Midlothian Council
- Scottish Borders
- West Lothian East Ayrshire
- East Dunbartonshire
- East Renfrewshire
- Glasgow
- Inverclyde
- North Ayrshire
- North Lanarkshire
- Renfrewshire
- South Ayrshire
- South Lanarkshire
- West Dunbartonshire
