Edinburgh hour-by-hour weather: A day of rain and wind for Capital - and this is when sleet could hit

Rain for most of the day as weather warning issued for west coast of Scotland.

Edinburgh is set for a wet and windy day on Monday as experts at the Met Office have issued a yellow weather warning for the west coast of Scotland.

The Capital and the Lothians are currently under no such weather warning on Monday or Tuesday, but the west coast has been issued the 'be aware' warning for high winds.

However, there is the possibility of sleet falling in the region, with Met Office forecasters predicting a shower in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

A blustery start to the day will be joined by light rain throughout the morning, which will continue for the majority of the day.

Here is the hour-by-hour weather forecast for Edinburgh:

7am: Heavy shower

8am: Light rain

9am: Heavy shower

10am: Light shower

11am: Cloudy

12pm: Light shower

1pm: Heavy shower

2pm: Sunny intervals

3pm: Light shower

4pm: Light shower

5pm: Light shower

6pm: Light shower

7pm: Cloudy

8pm: Light shower

9pm: Light shower

10pm: Light shower

11pm: Light rain

Officials at the Met Office have warned that sleet could fall in the early hours of Tuesday morning, from Midnight to 2am, but a sunnier day is likely to follow.

A spokesperson for the Met Office said of today's weather forecast: "Sunny intervals and showers, these falling as snow on hills especially this afternoon. Eastern Borders and the Solway coast seeing the best of the drier and brighter conditions.

"Feeling rather cold in the fresh to strong westerly winds. Maximum temperature 7 °C."