As Scotland prepares to be hit Storm Babet, several areas of the country have been given yellow, amber and even red weather warnings for rain and wind from tomorrow.
With the most severe of the weather set to impact the northern part of the country, East Lothian is currently expected to avoid the worst of the weather conditions.
However, a yellow weather warning for rain is in place impacting the south east of East Lothian from Friday until 6am on Saturday, while a yellow warning for wind will impact the whole of the county from tomorrow until noon on Saturday.
Here's the latest look at where #StormBabet will likely bring impactful rainfall between now and Saturday pic.twitter.com/XcLhD9dfni
— Met Office (@metoffice) October 18, 2023
The Met Office has advised: “Coastal easterly gales, accompanied by gusts of 40 to 60mph are likely to renew in the south of the area or continue in the north of the area, extending a short way inland and affecting other higher ground areas inland too. These will be accompanied by large waves and dangerous coastal conditions. Winds are expected to ease through Saturday.
“While there is still some uncertainty in the detail, periods of heavy, prolonged and potentially disruptive rainfall are likely to develop on Thursday and continue in some places through to Saturday. Across central and southern Scotland, 20-40mm of rain is expected fairly widely with a few places likely to see 50-60mm.”
Storm Babet to bring flooding.
— Met Office (@metoffice) October 18, 2023
It's a wet day in the south and the heavy rain from #StormBabet will move north tonight and tomorrow.
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Parts of northern Scotland will be most severely impacted by rain with a red warning in place impacting Montrose and Laurencekirk.
LNER has announced that no services will run between Dunbar and Edinburgh tomorrow (Thursday) and Friday due to a weather warning for heavy rain.
The rail service has cancelled all train services north of Edinburgh tomorrow and Friday due to the weather warning which is set to impact northern and central Scotland.
LNER said in a statement: “Due to severe weather forecast for Thursday October 19 and Friday October 20 across Scotland, LNER will not run any services north of Edinburgh on these days.
“Please do not travel on this part of our route.”
⛔️#LNERUpdate Due to severe weather forecast for Thursday 19 October and Friday 20 October across Scotland, LNER will not run any services north of #Edinburgh on these days.
— London North Eastern Railway (@LNER) October 17, 2023
Please do not travel on this part of our route.
Visit https://t.co/v4rnt7NLU8 for more info#StormBabet pic.twitter.com/OFClOr3boE
It is expected that some LNER trains may be affected by cancellations tonight and on Saturday. While no LNER services between Dunbar and Edinburgh have been cancelled on these dates yet.
The spokesperson said “If you have a ticket dated between Wednesday October 18 and Friday October 20 and are travelling north of Edinburgh, you may use your ticket up until Tuesday October 24. If you choose not to travel, you may obtain a full refund from your point of purchase.”
All other train services on the line are expected to go ahead as normal.
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