Met Office yellow thunderstorm warning extended into Highlands, Moray and Aberdeenshire
Intense thunderstorms could bring up to 80mm of rain to parts of the Highlands tomorrow, the Met Office has warned.
It has revised an earlier yellow warning for thunderstorms and torrential showers, extending the area likely to be affected into the north of Scotland.
The alert previously only extended as far north as the Southern Uplands, but now covers all the way up to the Moray Firth and the Great Glen.
The alert comes into force at midnight and will remain in place until 6pm on Saturday.
A Met Office spokesperson said: "Areas of heavy rain and some thunderstorms will develop over Wales, western and northern England and Scotland on Saturday.
"This area will gradually move northwards during the day with southern parts of the warning area improving though then with a risk of isolated smaller scale thunderstorms forming
"Rainfall will vary across the warning area and some places will avoid the heaviest rain.
"However a corridor of 15-30 mm of rain is likely with some areas perhaps seeing 30-50 mm falling in a few hours.
"Event rainfall could reach 60-80 mm in some locations. Strong gusts and hail may also accompany some of the thunderstorms."
The areas covered by the alert include all of Moray, all of Aberdeenshire, and the Highlands east of the Great Glen.
The edge of the alert runs through Inverness and part of Loch Ness too.
The Cairngorms are also included in the alert.
