Met Office: Weather warning issued across Ayrshire

The Met Office yellow warning for rain starts at 6pm on Friday night and runs until 9pm on Saturday evening. 

The weather organisation says bands of heavy rain will bring a risk of localised flooding and some travel disruption in the coming days. 

Periods of rain across northern and western areas of the UK this evening, with the heaviest rain in southwest Scotland

Clear spells further south with scattered showers but further rain returning to southwest England later

Windy for some, with gales in the Northern Isles pic.twitter.com/QJJwQuNRk5

— Met Office (@metoffice) December 8, 2023

A Met Office spokesperson said: "Bands of heavy rain will move east across southwest Scotland through Friday night, turning more persistent on Saturday, before clearing during the evening.

"30-50 mm of rain falling widely, and possibly 60-80 mm over higher ground."

What to Expect

• Flooding of a few homes and businesses is possible

• Bus and train services probably affected with journey times taking longer

• Spray and flooding on roads probably making journey times longer

• Some interruption to power supplies and other services possible

There are currently no weather warnings for the remainder of next week.