Western Isles Weather

Good afternoon and welcome to Monday’s Weather Watch taking a look at the weather for the islands, the UK and around the Globe.

On this Monday afternoon we are seeing showers moving across the Islands. Which are heavy in places. In between we are seeing some decent spells of sunshine. Todays high of 11.3C so far. Winds have been gusting 40 mph.

The #radar shows it's pretty wet out there for many of us, but most of it has been light rain and drizzle

Here are the latest 12 hourly totals pic.twitter.com/km596n4kvL

— Met Office (@metoffice) October 12, 2020

We are now going to take a look at the next few days weather. All the images shown below come from the Met office and can be found by following this link https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/maps-and-charts/surface-pressure

Western Isles forecast – (UK forecast to follow)

Tuesday – A fine and mostly dry. We are going to see a mixture of sunshine and cloud. Some decent and prolonged spells of sunshine. Variable amounts of cloud. Winds will be from the North East around 20 to 30 mph. Temps of 9C to 13C and high pressure dominates with low pressure to the South west of the UK.

Wednesday – A fine and dry day with wall to wall sunshine. Easterly winds gusting 20 mph. It will feel chilly with risk of some frost and ice during the early hours. Winds will be from the East. Temps of 4C to 13C. High pressure dominates to our North

Thursday – Another fine and dry day. A mixture of sunshine and cloud. More cloud then on Wednesday. Mainly fine and dry the odd shower cannot be ruled out. Winds will be from the East and temps of 5C to 12C

High pressure still dominates but there a deep area of low pressure near iceland and its front will stay out in the Atlantic.

UK forecast

Scotland and the West Coast of the UK will see the best of the weather on Tuesday. Rain and wind for most of England and parts of Wales. Wednesday mainly becoming fine and dry with a mixture of sunshine and cloud a few s scattered showers. Thursday mainly fine and dry with a mixture of sunshine and cloud. A few scattered showers.

UK Weather News

Here are Sunday's weather extremes… pic.twitter.com/YzOuV5dfoC

— Met Office (@metoffice) October 11, 2020

Global Weather News

The Bureau of Meteorology in Australia have issued the cyclone outlook for the new season.

Our Tropical #Cyclone Outlook for 2020–21 indicates average to above-average numbers of tropical cyclones and tropical lows, due to the influence of #LaNina.

Australia typically sees around 9–11 tropical cyclones each year, with 4 crossing our coast https://t.co/HsJjlW6jIe pic.twitter.com/iLTGJeqe6G

— Bureau of Meteorology, Australia (@BOM_au) October 12, 2020

The Northern Hemisphere cyclone season continues

Tropical Storm #Nangka has formed in the South China Sea and is heading for Hainan Island and northern #Vietnam. pic.twitter.com/rVGuD4gzcM

— Met Office Storms (@metofficestorms) October 12, 2020

BBC Weather has the latest

Dangerous floods have moved across Vietnam during the last week and another Tropical Storm is approaching. Chris Fawkes has details: #Nangka pic.twitter.com/mQsFSrdJ73

— BBC Weather (@bbcweather) October 12, 2020

Storm Damage in Louisiana after Hurricane Delta

Almost 3 days after the landfall of #HurricaneDelta Louisiana 82 remains impassable due to storm surge. Also almost every home has been completely destroyed with the combination of Delta and #HurricaneLaura. pic.twitter.com/zij4KeMxJC

— ☈ Chris Jackson ☈ (@ChrisJacksonSC) October 11, 2020

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