Edinburgh locals and visitors will have to brace themselves for thunderstorms on Monday afternoon.
The city is bustling with tourists and summer is in full swing for Scotland. But while we've enjoyed heatwaves, the weather is set to turn this week with showers and thunderstorms for the days ahead.
BBC Weather forecasts that the skies are set to turn grey with scattered showers through the day that could turn heavy and thundery.
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While it's set to be 18C here in the capital, showers will begin from 12pm and will turn heavier from 2pm with thunder and lightning forecasted.
The rain will continue through the day, and get heavier at times through the night with more thunderstorms expected at around 4am on Tuesday morning.
Meanwhile, the Met Office have reported that Edinburgh will also get thunderstorms on Tuesday between 1pm and 2pm.
BBC Weather adds: "Early this morning will be dry with sunny spells and some patchy clouds, these likely across the Isles. However scattered showers will gradually develop, some potentially heavy and thundery."
For Tuesday it forecasts: 'Continuing wet for most tomorrow, with frequent and widespread showers or spells of rain, these again locally heavy and thundery in the afternoon."
