{"id":1050816,"date":"2026-06-26T06:58:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T06:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1050816\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T06:58:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T06:58:22","slug":"massive-lightning-storm-lights-up-edinburgh-skies-as-dramatic-footage-captures-strikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1050816\/","title":{"rendered":"Massive lightning storm lights up Edinburgh skies as dramatic footage captures strikes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Incredible footage shows a massive lightning storm illuminating Edinburgh’s sky.<\/p>\n

Videos from around the capital captured dramatic lightning strikes in vivid detail amid the huge storm.<\/p>\n

Slow-motion footage from Gilmerton captured a massive forked lightning strike piercing the sky, turning the sky white-purple.<\/p>\n

Another video take from a home in Portobello shows the clouds being lit up by non-stop lightning. The sound of strong wind can be heard in the background.<\/p>\n

A third clip filmed on North Bridge in city centre shows heavy rain pouring down on the road while the skies are illuminated by huge lightning strikes.<\/p>\n

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Lightning lit up Edinburgh skies on Friday morning, June 26, 2026 -Credit:Supplied<\/p>\n

It comes after Edinburgh residents were warned of potential disruption, as the Met Office<\/a> issued a yellow weather warning.<\/p>\n

Rainy conditions began overnight on Thursday. At around 2am, showers were predicted to start with thunder predicted at 3am.<\/p>\n

Conditions were expected to clear up for a few hours before more heavy rain from around 6am. This is expected to throughout the day on Friday, with patches of sun in the late morning.<\/p>\n

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A Portobello resident captured this image from her window -Credit:Supplied<\/p>\n

Locals can expect temperatures of around 15C. In the evening, foggy conditions move in from around 8pm and last until around 2am on Saturday morning.<\/p>\n

The Met Office said: “Rather cloudy start with outbreaks of occasionally heavy showery rain, with a risk of thunder. Rain or showers turn lighter through the afternoon with some sunny spells developing. Maximum temperature 28C.”<\/p>\n

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This lightnning strike lit up the skies in Gilmerton -Credit:Supplied<\/p>\n

Join<\/b> Edinburgh Live’s Whatsapp Community here <\/b> <\/a> and get the latest news sent<\/b> straight to your messages.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Incredible footage shows a massive lightning storm illuminating Edinburgh’s sky. Videos from around the capital captured dramatic lightning…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1050817,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[8816],"tags":[748,1102,4884,288829,193326,1142,712,16,15],"class_list":["post-1050816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-edinburgh","tag-britain","tag-edinburgh","tag-great-britain","tag-lightning-storm","tag-lightning-strike","tag-met-office","tag-scotland","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116815117470622161","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1050816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1050816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1050816\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1050817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1050816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1050816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1050816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}