The Met Office has increased the weather warning for Edinburgh from yellow to amber as storm Malik is set to batter Scotland on Saturday morning through to the early afternoon.
A yellow weather warning had been issued by the UK's national weather service but it appears as though the severity of the storm is predicted to be worse than first thought.
The Amber warning will be in place from 07:00am tomorrow morning until 3:00pm on Saturday afternoon.
The MET states the reason for upgrading the warning to be: “Confidence in the occurrence of the strongest winds has increased and the impact matrix has been updated to reflect this, pushing the warning colour to Amber.”
They added that: “Injuries and danger to life could occur from flying debris as well as from large waves and beach material being thrown onto sea fronts, coastal roads and properties.”
As a result members of the Edinburgh community have been urged to take care.
The Met Office also warned that residents could expect road, rail, air and ferry services to be affected which could lead to longer journey times and some cancellations.
Alongside this, some roads and bridges are likely to close and there is a good chance that power cuts may occur, with the potential to affect other services, such as mobile phone coverage.
Residents have also been warned to keep an eye out for potential hazards relating to building damage such as tiles flying from roof tops.
The Met Office added: “An area of very strong west or northwest winds will cross Scotland on Saturday morning in association with Storm Malik before easing during the afternoon. The strongest winds are expected in the east of Scotland later in the morning. Gusts of widely 50-60 mph are likely with a short period of gusts in excess of 75 mph, particularly for Moray and north Aberdeenshire as well as the Lothians.”
By 6am, wind gusts will jump up to 54 mph, then 58mph at 8am.
Those venturing out at 9am might want to proceed with caution - with wind gusts expected to reach 62 miles per hour in Edinburgh.
Winds will die down slightly but will continue to sit in the 50mph gust range until 3pm when they will become a little more settled in the 30mph range.
