The Met Office have issued a yellow weather warning for rain, impacting Edinburgh and the surrounding areas over the next few days.
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) has issued a flood alert for Edinburgh and the Lothians today (November 17), with heavy downpours expected throughout the area.
Conditions will be very wet as we reach the end of the week, beginning with a steady stream of showers before persistent rainfall as we reach the latter part of Thursday. To torrential downpours are set to continue throughout Friday, with flooding likely across the east coast. Fifty to 70mm of rainfall is expected.