Rainfall on Monday night and Tuesday could cause transport disruption, the Met Office has said after issuing another yellow warning.
Following Storm Kathleen’s visit to Scotland over the weekend, which brought strong winds of up to 90mph, heavy rain is set to sweep in across large portions of the mainland.
Two separate warnings for rain are in place across Tuesday and Wednesday. Tuesday’s warning is in force from 1am until 6pm and covers the central belt of Scotland and the east coast up past Perth, Dundee and Aberdeen.
Areas south of Glasgow and Edinburgh are to bare the brunt of the rain with the Met Office saying there could as much as 60mm downpour.
READ MORE:
- Glasgow shopping centre signs up All Saints and new restaurant
- Scotland's weather to see heavy rain with Sepa flood warnings issued
- Major Rangers vs Celtic calls assessed by Ref Watch
A statement said: “Rain will become heavier across parts of Scotland overnight Monday into Tuesday before clearing away into the North Sea on Tuesday afternoon or evening.
“The rain could be heavy and persistent in places, with some areas seeing 20-40 mm of rain, and a chance that one or two spots could see 50-60 mm; these higher totals now seem more likely in the south of the warning area, roughly to the south of a line Glasgow to Edinburgh.
“Given saturated ground in many locations, such rainfall totals may cause greater impacts than they typically would.
“Fast-flowing or deep floodwater is possible, with one or two communities temporarily cut off by flooded roads.
⚠️ Yellow weather warning issued ⚠️
— Met Office (@metoffice) April 8, 2024
Rain across parts of western Scotland
Wednesday 0900 – 1800
Latest info 👉 https://t.co/QwDLMfRBfs
Stay #WeatherAware⚠️ pic.twitter.com/0HHOJSvWp5
“There is a slight chance of power cuts and loss of other services to some homes and businesses.”
Wednesday’s warning, which covers the Glasgow and the west area, appears to bring less possibilities of flooding, It’s in place from 9am until 6pm.
However, the public is being advised to plan ahead with travel disruption still to be expected.
Regions and local authorities affected:
Strathclyde
- East Ayrshire
- East Dunbartonshire
- East Renfrewshire
- Glasgow
- North Ayrshire
- North Lanarkshire
- Renfrewshire
- South Ayrshire
- South Lanarkshire
- West Dunbartonshire
Central, Tayside & Fife
- Angus
- Clackmannanshire
- Dundee
- Falkirk
- Fife
- Perth and Kinross
- Stirling
- Grampian
- Aberdeen
- Aberdeenshire
SW Scotland, Lothian Borders
- Dumfries and Galloway
- East Lothian
- Edinburgh
- Midlothian Council
- Scottish Borders
- West Lothian
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules here