Now for the floods!
Scots Bank Hol weather back to normal after 29C heatwave!
THE scorching summer spell will come to a dramatic end today when blue skies give way to thunderstorms, rain and flooding.
Tropical air from Spain yesterday saw the mercury peak at 29.4c (84.9f) in Lossiemouth, Moray – the highest recorded temperature in Scotland but below the UK May record of 30.9c (87.6f).
And it was a sticky night for most with temperatures not dropping below 15c (59f) in most areas.
But it’s all change today with the Met Office issuing yellow ‘be aware’ warnings of torrential downpours of up to two and a half inches of rain with localised flooding this afternoon. Met Office forecaster Oli Claydon said yesterday: ‘We will see something of a breakdown in the weather on Saturday afternoon.
‘The east of Scotland has the best chance of staying dry right through the day but the west and north can expect thunder and lightning as well as some hail mixed in there. It does mean something of a change but temperatures should hold up, even though it will feel fresher.’
The general warning for Scotland lasts until 3am on tomorrow, although from noon there is a localised warning of heavy rain in Lochaber and North West Scotland.
The Met Office forecast suggests a soaking for Celtic and Aberdeen fans attending today’s Scottish Cup Final which is expected to see 50,000 fans travel to Hampden Park in Glasgow.
A Met Office forecaster added: ‘Skies will brighten following a band of showery rain, though rising temperatures will cause heavy showers to develop.’
Yesterday saw all of the country bathed in brilliant sunshine, with families thronging to ice cream stands in the warmest part of the country in Lossiemouth.
Edinburgh temperatures hit 27.6c (82f) while Glasgow reached 26.1c (79f) with Aberdeen a little behind at 21.6c (71f).
At the peak of the heat yesterday, a man had to be rescued from the River Clyde after jumping in to ‘save a drowning person’.
Dressed in shorts and running shoes, the man in his thirties dived into the dangerous waters from the George V Bridge in Glasgow at 2.30pm.
A passer-by raised the alarm and a police helicopter, fire crews and specially trained water rescue teams were scrambled.
On being pulled from the river, the man said he had dived into the Clyde after spotting another person in the water.
Police boat crews continued to search a stretch of the river, but no other person was found.