The Met Office has revealed which areas will face rain on Friday, with new maps showing downpours hitting large parts of Scotland on Friday night. From 8pm, a wall of rain will stretch from Kilmarnock in the south-west to Wick in the far north of the country.
Counties affected
A total of 20 Scottish counties can expect rain on Friday, including Moray, Fife, and Angus. The full list comprises: Angus, Kincardineshire, Aberdeenshire, Banffshire, Moray, Nairnshire, Inverness-shire, Ross and Cromarty, Sutherland, Caithness, Orkney, Shetland, Buteshire, Dunbartonshire, Stirlingshire, Fife, Clackmannanshire, Kinross-shire, Perthshire, and Argyll.
Forecast details
The Met Office forecast for Friday adds: "Cloudy across the north and west with outbreaks of light rain or showers, especially during the afternoon and evening. Dry elsewhere with very warm sunshine, locally hot in the south."
The weather agency said a period of rain could be on the horizon following multiple heatwaves this year. In an update on Wednesday, it said the weekend could bring more unsettled conditions as an area of high pressure moves across the UK.
Chief forecaster comment
Met Office Chief Forecaster Steve Willington said: "The high pressure has been a key feature of the UK’s weather forecast over the last few weeks, bringing above-average temperatures and extremely dry conditions for many. However, we will begin to see a modest change as a weak weather front pushes south across the UK on Saturday bringing some much-needed rain, albeit it light and mainly concentrated in the north and west. Behind the front a showery air mass will bring potentially heavy showers some of which may be thundery."
