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Douglas Dickie

Edinburgh weather: Exact time city hit with stormy rain and thunder with warning in place

Edinburgh locals can expect the weather to take a turn on Sunday evening - with the Met Office putting a yellow warning in place for rain.

Despite enjoying one of the hottest Junes on record, the capital will be hit with storms and thunder from around 7pm - with locals issued with travel warnings.

The warning is in place until midday on Monday.

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The Met Office also warns of two thunderstorms in Edinburgh on Monday - at 1pm and 5pm.

After weeks of settled weather, Friday and Saturday brought with them a mix of sunshine and showers for Scots - and even some thunderstorms across the country. But a much more persistent band of rain is set to sweep across the country on Sunday with the Met Office issuing a yellow weather warning for much of the UK, reports the Scottish Daily Express.

If you're heading out on Sunday, you might want to keep an eye on the skies as they are expected to darken as the day goes on. The weather system is set to start forming across the Irish Sea, near the Isle of Man from around 4pm, reports the Record.

With the exception of a few showers, the Met Office predicts the main show will hit Dumfries and Galloway around 6.30pm. From 7.30pm the likes of Ayrshire and South Lanarkshire will start to experience more prolonged spells of wet weather and the Borders from 9pm.

The front will then strengthen with showers around Glasgow becoming more persistent from 9.30pm onwards as it also starts to spread east to the likes of East Lothian and Edinburgh. By 11pm the rain will have reached all parts of the central belt as well as much of Argyll and Bute and will nudge its way toward Perth, the southwest Highlands and the Inner Hebrides.

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East Fife should stay dry until 2am when the rain will also reach Dundee, Angus and the Western Isles. As it continues north, rain will arrive in Aberdeen around 4.30am and the continue to take in the rest of the Highlands as it begins to leave behind drier weather in the south.

Showers will continue through Monday but the main band expected to cause the problems should be confined to the far north of Scotland by 2.30pm on Monday. Yellow warning for rain

The Met Office has issued two weather warnings for rain covering much of Scotland from 7pm on Sunday until noon on Monday. The first on Sunday runs from 7pm until midnight and covers the south of the country including Glasgow and Edinburgh, reaching as far north as Mull in the west.

The second from midnight on Monday until noon covers almost the entire country save a large section of the Highlands and parts of the Outer Hebrides. Up to three inches could fall in some areas with many other areas expecting two inches to be dumped in a short period of time.

The Met Office is warning of flooding on roads and other transport networks, leading to travel disruption. Rural communities could be cut off and there is a chance of power cuts.

Unsettled weather is expected to take over for the rest of June - just in time for the schools finishing. However, temperatures should remain mild and despite the rain, highs of 21 are expected on Monday.

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