Scotland is braced for thunder storms and heavy downpours, with weather warnings and flood alerts in place for large parts of the country.
The Met Office has issued a warning for thunderstorms, particularly in the west of the country, from midday on Wednesday until midnight.
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Sepa's Floodline has also put 14 flood alerts in place, covering almost all of mainland Scotland.
The Met Office warns that the storms could result in building damage, power cuts and travel disruption in places.
Drivers are also being warned that spray and sudden flooding could create difficult driving conditions.
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The Sepa alert states: "Heavy showers... could lead to localised flooding from surface water and small watercourses.
"Possible impacts could include flooding of low-lying land, roads, properties and disruption to travel."
Meanwhile, other parts of Britain are also being warned if heavy rain, with the Met Office warning storms could dump up to 40mm of rain in two hours in places.
A yellow weather warning for rain has been issued for parts of central and northern England.
The swirl of cloud and #rain moved northwards across the UK during Tuesday, with some heavy and #thundery downpours. Some higher rainfall totals were reported away from our rain gauge network pic.twitter.com/8oNSLkG1gR
— Met Office (@metoffice) July 30, 2019
The Met Office said: “Rain will be persistent and heavy in places across parts of central, northern and eastern England and north-east Wales at first on Wednesday.
“During the day rain may turn more showery in places but with a higher chance of thunderstorms by afternoon.
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“Some parts of northern England could see as much as 40-60mm of rain through Wednesday, while thunderstorms could produce as much as 30-40 mm in 1-2 hours.”
The unsettled weather is a continuation of Tuesday, where hailstones the size of sweets fell in some areas and others experienced a month’s worth of rain in four hours.
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