Bank holiday predicted to be a washout
A BANK holiday deluge will dump more rain on Scotland today than the country saw in the whole of last month.
The RAC had predicted the busiest holiday weekend for five years but beauty spots and coastal resorts are likely to be deserted today due to appalling conditions for the start of May. Craig Snell, of increase as we go through the afternoon, especially through the central belt and the cities of Glasgow and Edinburgh.”
The rainfall totals expected for southern Scotland between today and tomorrow are up to an inch with more in the west and the possibility of the more than two inches in one or two spots. Snell added: “Considering some places saw that amount of rain during the entire month of April, it is going to be a very wet spell.”
Passengers hoping to travel on the Clyde coast ferry between Ardrossan and Brodick on Arran have been warned by Cal Mac to expect cancellations and delays due to “a forecast of severe easterly winds”.