Scotland has been braced for thunderstorms as a yellow weather warning comes into force across the country.

The Met Office warning is due to come into force from 2am until 1pm on Monday.

The warning covers the entirety of the country with some parts to see frequent lightning, heavy rain, hail and short periods of strong winds.

The weather is expected to cause disruption on the roads with motorists urged to expect difficult driving conditions and some road closures.

ScotRail has asked customers to plan ahead in case of disruption while SEPA has said surface water is likely to affect the transport network. Regional Flood Alerts are also in place.

Today we’ve ended the week and the weekend fairly fine thanks to high pressure that’s been dominating our weather, but things are quickly going downhill as we head into the new working week.

Overnight we’ll see a frontal system approaching from the west bringing with it cooler air. As that bumps up against the currently warmer air we have across the country, it will put us into a volatile air mass and spark off thunderstorms.

This is why the Met Office have issued the thunderstorm warning that comes into effect at 3am Monday morning and lasts until 1pm later in the afternoon.

The initial pulse of heavy and torrential rain comes through around rush hour which is likely to cause a lot of travel disruption and tricky conditions for people getting to work first thing. There will likely be a lot of surface water on the roads, flash flooding, and also frequent lightning strikes that could lead to power outages.

Most areas will see torrential downpours through the morning as the frontal system and band of rain crosses the country. Once it starts to clear eastward however we will start to see sunnier and drier conditions moving in from the west in the afternoon from around midday onwards.