Scotland weather: Summer storms bring thunder and lightning

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IMAGE COPYRIGHT DAVID MEIKLE / AFP/ Lightning near the Wallace Monument in Stirling during the overnight storm

A prolonged period of dry weather across much of Scotland came to an abrupt end overnight.

Many parts of the country saw thunder, lightning and heavy rain with a number of weather warnings in place.

BBC Scotland news website readers and BBC Weather Watchers captured the scene from across the country.

Further downpours and storms are forecast – particularly across the north east of the country – as temperatures drop by several degrees.

Storm clouds
IMAGE COPYRIGHT BUSY BEE/BBC WEATHER WATCHERS / AFP/ Storm clouds look ominous approaching Ben Nevis
Stirling
IMAGE COPYRIGHT MACLADD/BBC WEATHER WATCHERS / AFP/ More lightning across the skies of Stirling
Soggy window
IMAGE COPYRIGHT SKYWATCHER/BBC WEATHER WATCHERS / AFP/ A soggy scene at Gladsmuir in East Lothian
Golspie
IMAGE COPYRIGHT JENNIFER PORT / AFP/ A dramatic view from a garden in Golspie
Rainfall
IMAGE COPYRIGHT CAMBUS BOOLER/BBC WEATHER WATCHERS / AFP/ The heavens opened over Lockerbie as a long sunny spell came to an end
Ellon
IMAGE COPYRIGHT TICKETYBOO_SUS/BBC WEATHER WATCHERS / AFP/ A downpour captured in Ellon in Aberdeenshire
Dunblane
IMAGE COPYRIGHT BECCA NN94/BBC WEATHER WATCHERS / AFP/ Another flash of lightning over Dunblane

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SOURCE: BBC NEWS