Ruth Ellis, Flood Duty Manager for the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA), said: “This is a major rainfall event as we are expecting to see significant prolonged heavy rain throughout Saturday across the Southern Highlands and western Central Belt, with further heavy rain in the north on Sunday. We’ll continue to review warnings so it’s important for everyone to stay up to date with the latest forecast for their area.” Rain is expected to slowly clear to the north during Sunday. “Within the Amber warning areas 60-80mm of rain is likely, with 180mm or more in total for some of the wettest spots across Argyll. While Saturday into Sunday will be widely very wet for Scotland, the heaviest and most disruptive rain has been affecting western and central Scotland so far, but as our recent warnings indicate this heavy rain will also affect areas to the north and east. Met Office Chief Meteorologist Neil Armstrong said: “Prolonged heavy rain is causing widespread disruption for much of Scotland.
This rain is associted with impactful conditions, flooding and severely disrupted travel. While those in the southern half of the UK are experiencing a period of warm settled weather, a weather front over Scotland is bringing heavy and persistent rain.
