Yellow warning for heavy rain in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire issued by Met Office

Ruaraidh Britton

21 May 2024 at 5:56 am·1-min read

Heavy rain is set to hit the north-east on Wednesday and Thursday -Credit:Daily Record

The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire with heavy rain set to batter the region later this week.

Forecasters are warning as much as 80mm of rain could fall within 12 hours, particularly in northern Aberdeenshire where it is expected to become 'slow-moving'.

They also warned of a possibility of rainfall totals topping 100mm, with the warning set to come into force at midday on Wednesday, May 22 and remain in force until 6pm on Thursday, May 23.

Heavy rain is expected to bring significant travel disruption on the roads and railways, while it is also warned there could be the risk of flooding and power cuts.

The warning covers large parts of eastern Scotland and the Highlands -Credit:Met Office

The Met Office wrote: "An area of heavy rain is expected to move northwest across Scotland from Wednesday afternoon, with rain most persistent across northern and eastern hills.

"Rain likely to turn more showery through Thursday in central and southern areas.

"There remains some uncertainty on the duration and placement of the heaviest outbreaks, but there is a small chance that it will become slow-moving over Moray and northern Aberdeenshire, and to a lesser extent Lothian and Borders.

"Should this happen then some places could see 60-80 mm of rain falling in 12 hours, with a very low chance of 100 mm."

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