A YELLOW weather warning for rain has been issued for Fife this Friday.

The Met Office has issued the notice and warned that there will be heavy rain that could cause flooding and disruption on December 30 from 3am to 6pm.

Spray and flooding could lead to difficult driving conditions and some road closures with a slight chance of delays or cancellations to train and bus services where flooding may occur.

Some communities could become cut off by flooded roads and there is a small chance that homes and businesses could be flooded, causing damage to some buildings.

The warning adds: "Heavy rain will develop in the early hours of Friday morning, lasting into the afternoon before clearing from the west. 15-30mm will fall widely within a 12 hour period with 60-80mm possible in a few areas, mainly across high ground in the southwest.

"There is quite large uncertainty over the north-south position of the rain which will likely require further updates to the rain warning. There is also an additional risk of rain turning to snow along its northern edge. This is currently most likely over high ground across the central Highlands and may require further warnings."

Other regions affected by this warning include Strathclyde, South West Scotland, East Lothian, Central Scotland and Tayside.