Western Isles Weather

Good evening all. Another update on the rainfall situation. This blog post will cover the Western Isles again and the rest of Scotland. Rainfall totals and more.

A reminder we are under a yellow weather warning for rainfall here in the Western Isles till 23:59 and we remain under a SEPA flood alert. More information can be found in the links below

https://www.sepa.org.uk/environment/water/flooding/

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/warnings-and-advice/uk-warnings#?date=2020-09-12&id=4ee5f5ad-7b5b-463c-bfcc-8ac4721fba8e&details

Here is some of the rainfall totals today up to 1900 today across Scotland.

A rainfall tweet from the Met Office earlier today

Heavy #rain continues across northwest #Scotland #Achnagart has recorded 107.4mm since 6pm Saturday

Stay #WeatherAware ⚠️ pic.twitter.com/n3D6j6w5kt

— Met Office (@metoffice) September 13, 2020

Flooding at the NTS Glenfinnan Monument

another landslide at Rest and be Thankful

#A83#RestandbeThankful : due to the on going nature of the landslide and continued rain we are unable to conclude safety assessments. The A83 and OMR will remain closed overnight. Diversion via A82,A85,A819. pic.twitter.com/G1ojuFX77F

— BEAR NW Trunk Roads (@NWTrunkRoads) September 13, 2020

The BBC has more on this here

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-54137275

Rainfall totals in the Western Isles from 1800 Saturday till 1800 Sunday.

Stornoway – 14.6 mm

South Uist – 18.8 mm

SEPA Rain gauges.

Creed bridge – 14mm

Laxdale – 18.2mm

Loch Tomorsad – 18 mm

Mill Croft 20.2

As you you can see here in the Western Isles we really did miss the worst of the rainfall.