Fife weather: Yellow warning for thunderstorms issued as heatwave continues
A weather warning for thunderstorms with frequent lightning, large hailstones and downpours has been issued for Fife on Friday.
The Met Office’s yellow weather warning covers the whole of Scotland for the full day on Friday.
The alert was announced on Thursday as the country was expected to see its highest temperatures of the year so far.
The warning runs from 12.01am to 11.59pm on Friday.
Forecasters are warning of spells of heavy rain and thunderstorms, which could cause difficult driving conditions and disruption to buses and trains.
They say there is a small chance that homes and businesses may flood quickly and there is a possibility of power cuts.
The Met Office said: “Spells of heavy rain and thunderstorms initially over north west Scotland are likely to become more widespread during Friday morning.
“Further thunderstorms and spells of heavy rain are possible in the afternoon before becoming confined to more northern areas of Scotland later in the day.
“Rainfall amounts will be highly variable, but narrow corridors of 20-30mm falling in one hour and potentially 30-50mm in three hours is possible.
“Frequent lightning, large hail - 2-4 cm in diameter - and locally gusty winds with stronger storms.”