Weather

The Scottish Environment Protection Agency has issued a flood alert for Edinburgh and the Lothians as expert forecasters

Scotland could see almost a month's worth of rain in the space of a couple of hours later today.

A yellow weather warning for thunderstorms has been issued for Edinburgh by expert forecasters as heavy rain is set to batter the city.

A team of Edinburgh Council staff will be on standby to deal with any flooding issues outside office hours during Thursday's predicted thunderstorms.

The Met Office have extended their yellow weather warning for Thunderstorms across much of Scotland.

The Met Office have extended their yellow weather warning for Thunderstorms across much of Scotland.

Thunderstorms and heavy showers could batter much of Scotland later this week, the Met Office has said.

After the hottest day of the year so far for Scotland was recorded on Friday, forecasters are predicting a "massive drop in temperature" to finish the weekend - although conditions will likely remain warm across Scotland.

Summer grass and woodland fires in the Lothians increased by a massive 169 per cent last year.

Scotland is set for another scorcher as forecasters say today could be the hottest day of the year so far.

Temperatures in Edinburgh peaked at 22C today but it’s set to get warmer in the city on Friday and Saturday.

Temperatures in Scotland are expected to soar as high as 26C as a European heatwave sweeps across the nation today.

British summertime is a notoriously fickle beast with those few days of sunshine a year coveted by all of us who enjoy not being rained on.