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Pushing eastward through saturday night, clearing eastern areas on sunday and followed by a mixture of sunshine and blustery showers. by this stage cold weather is working on and we will probably start to see rain turned to snow across the tops of scottish mountains, something we haven't seen much of this autumn. temperatures a little bit below average. a lot more rain to come into next week. the rain will be accompanied by a westerly wind so the north—eastern river catchments probably not seeing further flooding issues but with the ground saturated in the south we will need to watch for fur...

Now, we've seen 140 millimetres of rain in places over the last 48 hours, and that rain has been causing big problems with flooding. we've seen around seven severe flood warnings being issued by the scottish environment protection agency. that's where flooding is expected and brings with it a significant threat to life. now, the rain continues to fall. the met office amber weather warning stays in force up until 9:00. after that, it will lapse. the rain will turn a little bit lighter and patchier. but that said, all of this rain still has to come down the river catchments, so flooding is likel...

The river catchments, so flooding is likely to get worse for some communities before things start to improve. scotrail are reporting major disruption on services in the east. we've seen several a—roads completely closed due to flooding as well. so check before you travel if you have plans. but probably a better idea is postpone journeys across eastern scotland if you can. now overnight the rain turns lighter and patchy. across scotland there'll be a bit of light rain or drizzle coming each into eastern coastal counties of england. in the west, clear skies, it turns cold. there'll be some pat...

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