Good morning Western Isles this is your morning brief
On this Thursday morning we are seeing a few scattered showers this morning. A mixture of clear skies and cloud. Overnight official low of 1.8C but some places did get below zero. Winds under 10 mph. Across the highlands and islands on Wednesday South Uist had the highest maximum temperature of 9.6C and Stornoway was the sunniest with 3.2 hours of sunshine,
Today – Some frost and ice this morning. Today we are going to see a mixture of blue skies and cloud with some decent spells of sunshine. A few scattered showers. Cloud increasing into the evening with rain and showers moving in later. These heavy by the end of the day. Winds will be from the South West. Temps of 2C to 11C
Friday – Overcast with some early morning rain. A cold day. Lighter winds.
Saturday – Overcast and breezy day. Mainly dry. Some morning rain and afternoon sunshine.
Sunday – Sunshine and cloud. Showery with brisk winds.
Good evening Western Isles on this Wednesday evening we are seeing a dry night for the Uists and Barra with clear skies and cloud here. Showers for Lewis and Harris. Winds under 10 mph. Temps under 5C. Today’s high of 9.2C
Overnight – We are going to see a mainly fine and dry night. A few well scattered showers cannot be ruled out. A mixture of clear skies and cloud. Temps dropping down to 0C. Winds under 20 mph.
Morning and afternoon – Mainly fine and dry with plenty of sunshine and variable amounts of cloud. It should be dry but the odd shower cannot be ruled out. Some decent and prolonged spells of sunshine. Winds of 10 to 30 mph.
Evening – Becoming milder as a weather front moves in. Cloud increases and we are going to see rain move across the Western Isles. This won’t arrive till late evening for most. A dry start. Winds will also increase gusting 20 to 35 mph.
Winds will be from South and South West. Temps of 0C to 11C
Sunrise and Sunset
Stornoway – 08:38 and 15:47
South Uist – 08:37 and 15:57
3 days ahead
Friday – Light winds overcast and chilly.
Saturday and Sunday – Dry sunshine and cloud. Winds increasing later into the evening.
A tweet from the Met Office has reminded me that it is 10 years since the first widespread snow fell on the 24th November which would eventually lead to a record breaking winter.
#OnThisDay ten years ago, 25th November 2010, the first of two severely cold and #snowy periods of weather began ❄️
The following weeks saw widespread #snow across the country. This satellite picture is from #Christmas Eve 2010 ☃️🎄
It was the coldest December since Met Office records began in 1910 with a mean of -1C
On December 1st – 76 cm (30 inches) of snow was measured in the Peak District. In Sheffield 5 foot of snow was measured at the height of the snow event.
The UK awoke to a widespread white Christmas on the 25th December. But February was a lot milder before more snow in March where 40cm of snow fell in the Fort William area on the 12/13 March.
I hope you have enjoyed this blog. Any feedback is appreciated.
Good afternoon and welcome to Wednesday’s Weather Watch taking a look at the weather for the islands, the UK and around the Globe.
On this Wednesday afternoon we are seeing sunshine and showers with variable amounts of cloud. Showers becoming more scattered. Today’s high of 9.2C Winds under 10 mph.
Thursday – A mainly fine and dry day with sunshine and cloud. Light winds to start the day but winds increasing as the day goes on. We are going to see a chilly night with a mixture of clear skies and cloud with a risk of frost and ice. Temps will drop close to or below freezing in spots. Into Thursday day time we are going to see sunshine and cloud. The odd scattered shower cannot be ruled out. Temps will increase as the day goes on. Winds of 10 to 30 mph. Winds from the North but will shift to come in from the South West. Temps of 1C to 10C
Friday – overnight Thursday into Friday a cold front will race across the Western Isles. This will bring some spells of rain. Heavy in places. It will be a chilly start to the day again with a risk of some frost and ice in places. It will be chilly behind the cold front. We are going to see sunshine and cloud. Some decent spells of sunshine. A risk of a few showers once again as we go overnight into Saturday. Winds will be under 20 mph and from variable directions and temps of 3C to 8C
Saturday – High pressure still dominates across the UK with various weather fronts skirting around the coast. We are going to see some overnight rain. Into Saturday day we should see fine dry conditions with sunshine and cloud. Mainly light winds. Winds will be from the South and South East. Temps of 5C to 10C
UK forecast
Thursday fine and dry for most but some rain for the far South East of England and later in the North West of Scotland. Friday mainly fine and dry with sunshine. Away from Scotland as high pressure dominates. Saturday will again see fine dry and settled conditions with rain along the coasts.
UK Weather News
Todays view from space
A cold front is bringing about a change in the weather today. Mild and cloudy weather with some patchy rain is being slowly shunted away towards the southeast with colder, sunnier conditions arriving from the northwest.
Severe Cyclonic Storm #NIVAR is expected to strengthen further ahead of landfall tonight, on the coast between Karaikal and Mamallapuram.
Destructive gusts to 145kph will be accompanied by a storm surge. Extensive flooding is expected in the region from torrential rainfall. Matt pic.twitter.com/2sVoFVxRN1
Good morning Western Isles this is your morning brief
On this Wednesday morning, we are seeing a showery start to the day. With a mixture of clear skies and showers. These heavy in places. Winds of 10 to 30 mph. Overnight low of 6.3C
Today – We are going to see sunshine and squally showers. These heavy at times. Some decent and prolonged spells of sunshine. The showers at times will merge into some longer spells of rain. These showers will clear away later becoming drier. It will be a cold night this evening with a mixture of clear skies and cloud. Frost and ice in places this evening. Winds of 10 to 30 mph. Winds will be from the North and North East. Temps of 2C to 10C
Thursday – Cold start with frost and ice. Sunshine and showers with the wind increasing as the day progresses. Some rain later.
Friday – Overcast with some early morning rain. A cold day. Lighter winds.
Good evening Western Isles on this Tuesday evening we are seeing a mixture of clear skies and scattered showers. Heavy in places. Winds gusting 10 to 30 mph. Todays high so far of 9.6C
Overnight – We are going to see a mixture of clear skies and cloud. Some squally showers heavy in spots. Some longer spells of rain for a time first thing in the evening. Winds of 20 to 40 mph.
Morning and afternoon – We are going to see some decent and prolonged spells of sunshine. However once again further squally showers are going to pile in across the Western isles. Heavy in places. With the risk of some sleet and hail mixed in. Variable amounts of cloud. Wind of 10 to 30 mph.
Evening – Scattered showers. Some of these heavy but these squally showers will die out as the evening goes on. A mixture of clear skies and cloud. Turning colder. Winds under 20 mph.
Winds will be from the West and South West but by the middle of the day coming in from the North. Temps of 2C to 10C
Sunrise and Sunset
Stornoway – 08:36 and 15:48
South Uist – 08:35 and 15:58
3 days ahead
Thursday – Cold frosty start. Some sunshine. Cloud increasing later becoming winder
Wednesday – We are going to see a day of sunshine and showers on Wednesday. These will be fairly well scattered. Some decent sunshine in between the showers. A risk of frost and ice in spots in the morning and into the evening. Winds will be from the South West but shifting as the day goes on to come from the North and North West. Winds of 10 to 30 mph. Temps of 1C to 10C
Thursday – A fine dry day across the Western Isles as high pressure dominates. We are going to see light winds. Plenty of sunshine with variable amounts of cloud. A chance of some frost and ice first thing in the morning. Winds start from the North and North West but shifts to come from the South West by late morning. Temps of 1C to 10C
Friday – We are going to see a weather front moving across the Western Isles. It will be an overcast day with some spells of light rain with a few evening showers. Winds will be light under 20 mph. Some decent spells of sunshine. Winds will be from variable directions and temps of 5C to 11C
UK forecast
Wednesday rain in the West which will die out and it will be fine and dry across the UK and becoming colder. Thursday fine and dry with sunshine and cloud. Light winds and a few scattered showers. Widespread frost and ice. Friday most places fine and dry some rain in Scotland but this clearing away later.
UK Weather News
The cold front across Northern Ireland is causing a rapid drop in air temperatures. The recorded temperature at Thomastown, near Enniskillen, dropped 4 degrees in 11 minutes pic.twitter.com/l2jlKZxSCc
This swirling mass of cloud is storm #Nivar, which is currently strengthening in the Bay of Bengal. It is expected to make landfall in India on Wednesday night (local time) as a Very Severe Cyclonic Storm along the Tamil Nadu and Puducherry Coasts, with gusts of up to 120kmh. pic.twitter.com/Cw9NRfTJqZ
Good morning Western Isles this is your morning brief
On this Tuesday morning, we are seeing some rain for South Uist and Barra. A few scattered showers elsewhere these are heavy in places. Winds gusting 10 to 30 mph strongest for the Uists and Barra. Overnight low of 6.5C
Today – We are going to see a day of sunshine and scattered showers. Some of these heavy at times. A lot of cloud around. Some rain for the Uists and Barra. Some of the showers merging into some longer spells of rain. A mixture of clear skies and cloud after sunset with a few scattered showers. Winds of 20 to 40 mph. Winds will be from the South West. Temps of 4C to 9C but feeling colder in the wind chill.
Wednesday – Sunshine and showers with brisk winds. Winds of 20 to 40 mph.
Thursday – Cold with sunny spells. Mainly dry and lighter winds but these increasing as the day progresses.
Friday – Overnight rain but becoming drier into Friday itself with a mixture of sunshine and cloud.
Good evening Western Isles on this Monday evening we are seeing a mixture of clear skies and cloud with a few scattered showers around. Winds gusting 20 to 40 mph. Today high of 11C
Overnight – We are going to see a mixture of clear skies and cloud. A few scattered showers these heavy in places. Variable amounts of cloud. Wind of 20 to 40 mph.
Rest of Tuesday – Will be mainly overcast with some sunny spells with hazy sunshine but the cloud is expected to dominate. We will see some showers heavy at times and fairly well scattered not all will see rain. Some longer spells of rain could move in from the East but this should mainly stay away. A mixture of clear skies and scattered showers into the evening. Winds of 20 to 40 mph.
Wind will be from the South West and temps of 5C to 11C but feeling colder in the wind chill.
Sunrise and Sunset
Stornoway – 08:34 and 15:50
South Uist – 08:33 and 15:59
3 days ahead
Wednesday – Sunshine and squally showers. Blustery winds and turning colder.
Thursday – A cold day with lighter winds. Sunshine and cloud mainly dry.
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 we are seeing bands of heavy rain moving across the islands. Mainly overcast with some clear skies. Today high so far of 10.3C. Winds have been gusting 50 to 60 mph.
Tuesday – We are going to see an overcast day with a few scattered showers. It will be a breezy day with winds gusting 20 to 30 mph. Weare in between high pressure and low pressure to our North West. Winds will be from the South West. Temps of 5C to 10C
Wednesday – High pressure starts to build across the UK. Things slowly start to settle down across the Western Isles. A front moving down from the North could bring variable amounts of cloud and some scattered overnight showers. It will be a cold day with winds coming from the North West. Some decent and prolonged spells of sunshine. Winds of 10 to 30 mph easing as the day goes on. Temps of 0C to 9C
Thursday – High pressure sits across the UK. More settled conditions across the Western Isles. We are going to see a cold start to the day with a risk of a widespread frost. A mixture of sunshine and cloud. Should be mainly dry. Winds of 10 to 25 mph. Winds will be from the South and South West. Temps of 0C to 9C
UK forecast
Tuesday heavy rain across Northern Ireland and Scotland. Showers elsewhere mainly dry. Rain for the South East and scattered showers for Scotland but becoming fine dry and cold later. Thursday fine dry settled and chilly with some mist and fog with a few scattered showers.
UK Weather News
Kelvin Helmholtz clouds in Livingstone today taken by Martin Brown
Beautiful capture of a Brocken Spectre
This is a great spot by our Weather Watcher 'Snapper Simon', who caught this eerie Brocken spectre in Church Stretton, Shropshire, this morning.
Good morning Western Isles this is your morning brief
On this Monday morning, we are seeing rain across most of the Western Isles. A little earlier than expected. Showery in places ahead of the rain and strong winds. Overnight low of 6.1C. Winds are gusting 40 mph.
Across the highlands and islands on Sunday, South Uist had the highest maximum temperature of 8.6C
Today – We are going to see rain moving across the islands for the next few hours. This will become heavy at times and slow moving. Winds during this time will gust 40 to 50 mph. During the afternoon and evening, The heavy rain will slowly clear away and we will see sunshine and showers. These heavy at times. Winds of 20 to 40 mph. Temps of 6C to 10C but feeling colder in the wind chill. Winds will be from the South West.
Tuesday – Overcast and showery day with winds gusting 20 to 40 mph. A colder day.
Wednesday – Sunshine and showers with brisk winds.
Thursday – Cold with sunny spells. Mainly dry and lighter winds.
Welcome to the week ahead forecast. The full in depth forecast for Monday can be found in the update below this one. This weekend has seen squally showers and blustery winds across the islands. Its been a cold one as well. More in the way of high pressure this week
Tuesday – Things are a little more settled on Tuesday as low pressure clears away. We are going to see mainly overcast conditions. Some light rain and a few sunny spells. Most places should stay dry. Winds of 10 to 30 mph from the South West. Temps of 4C to 11C
Wednesday – High pressure builds across the Western Isles. We are going to see mainly fine and dry conditions. A few overnight showers. Plenty of sunshine and quite a bit of cloud. A few evening showers again variable amounts of cloud. Winds of 10 to 30 mph. Temps of 2C to 8C with a cold start to the day.
Thursday – A chilly day is on the cards. The cloud dominating with some scattered showers but most places staying dry. Winds light in the morning gusting 30 mph later. Winds will be from the South West and temps of 4C to 11C
Friday – A sunshine and showers day. These heavy at times in the morning. The cloud increasing as the day goes on. Winds gusting 20 to 30 mph from South West and North West. Temps of 3C to 10C
Next weekend – Next weekend looks showery with brisk winds.
I hope you have a great week. Over the course of the coming week, we will keep you updated with the latest weather and the 3 day ahead forecasts. Keep an eye on the blog for extra updates!
Good evening Western Isles on this Sunday evening we are still seeing squally showers moving across the Western Isles. These with hail and sleet mixed in places. A mixture of clear skies and cloud. Today’s high of 8.6C. Winds of 10 to 30 mph.
Overnight – Overnight we are going to see further squally showers. Heavy at times and possibly thundery with some hail and sleet mixed in. Winds of 10 to 30 mph gusting 40 mph.
Morning and afternoon – We are going to see a band of heavy rain sweeping across the Western Isles. This will be slow moving in places. Clearing away late afternoon lingering across Barra and South Uist into the evening. Some squally showers before the band of rain. Winds gusting 30 to 50 mph.
Evening – Winds ease down a little. Its mainly going to be overcast with some clear spells. Winds are going to gust 20 to 40 mph strongest for the Uists and Barra.
Winds will be from the South and South West. Temps of 7C to 11C but feeling cold in the wind chill.
Good afternoon and welcome to Sunday’s Weather Watch taking a look at the weather for the islands, the UK and around the Globe.
On this Sunday afternoon we are seeing rounds of heavy and squally showers with rain, sleet and hail mixed in. Some clear skies but mainly overcast. Winds gusting 20 to 40 mph. Today’s high of 8.6C so far.
Monday – We are going to see a few overnight showers. Into Monday winds increase gusting 40 to 50 mph. Bands of rain heavy at times will move across the Western Isles. Winds ease 30 to 40 mph into the evening and the heavy rain clears away. The wind and rain is in association with two areas of low pressure in the Atlantic. Winds will be from the South West and temps of 5C to 11C
Tuesday – Things are a little more settled on Tuesday as low pressure clears away. We are going to see mainly overcast conditions. Some light rain and a few sunny spells. Most places should stay dry. Winds of 10 to 30 mph from the South West. Temps of 4C to 11C
Wednesday – High pressure builds across the Western Isles. We are going to see mainly fine and dry conditions. A few overnight showers. Plenty of sunshine and quite a bit of cloud. A few evening showers again variable amounts of cloud. Winds of 10 to 30 mph. Temps of 2C to 8C with a cold start to the day.
UK forecast
Monday heavy rain for Scotland and North Ireland. Strong winds here. A few scattered showers and sunshine for England and Wales. Tuesday rain for most away from the South East of England and snow for the mountains of Scotland. Wednesday some early morning rain which will clear away to fine dry and sunny conditions.
UK Weather News
Todays view from Space
Here's the latest satellite image 🛰️
☀️ Lots of sunshine across central parts of the country
☁️ Cloudier in Scotland with scattered showers and southern England too
#Cyclone#GATI nearing #Somalia. JTWC's intensity estimate of 100 knots seems reasonable. India Met Dept's estimate of 50 knots is frankly mystifying. I generally avoid publicly disagreeing with official agencies, but it's hard not to here: it's obviously much stronger than that. pic.twitter.com/1V9gTh2QmZ
Good afternoon and welcome to our long range forecast. This is posted either once or twice a week covering from 4 days ahead to 10 days ahead. In this update coving from Thursday 26th November until Saturday 5th December.
Please note there is not a lot of accuracy for this kind of time frame. Anything beyond 4/5 days out becomes really difficult and subject to change so we will be looking at trends. Mainly take with a large vat of salt. We will be using the main two computer models for this. The ECMWF which is based in Reading and the GFS which is the American based global model.
This comes from the GFS 06z run and ECMWF 00Z run. I will refer to EC to save on typing.
Thursday 26th November
Good model agreement with regards to next Thursday with high pressure in control across the UK. For us in the Western Isles we are going to se blustery winds. A dry start with the EC suggesting light rain moving in later in the day. The GFS keps the dry day. It would be a chilly day. The EC has high pressure centred over the North East of England and the GFS has it centered over Wales.
Friday 27th November
Some slight model disagreements here. Both the GFS and the EC has the high pressure system declining back into Europe. The EC keeps a band of rain out in the Atlantic and mainly dry for us in the Western Isles. However the GFS brings the band of rain across the Western Isles with a showery airflow behind it.
Saturday 28th November
Model disagreements again for next Saturday with the EC again keeping us mainly dry and with light winds. A slack airflow across the UK. The GFS introduces further spells of rain and strengthening winds which would bring gales. High pressure to the East of the UK and low pressure to the South West in this instance.
Sunday 29th November
Now both models develop an area of low pressure that would be run up from the Irish Sea. This would bring heavy snow into the highlands of Scotland. However the GFS builds in a shallow area of high pressure over Scotland. The EC does no. Both these scenarios would bring patchy rain and showers to the Western Isles and it would be breezy.
Monday 30th November
Model disagreements on this date with the EC bringing a dry start to the day for the Western Isles before rain and stronger winds would move in later in the day. The GFS on the other hand builds in the high pressure in further. Keeping things fine and dry with a mixture of sunshine and cloud with lighter winds.
Tuesday 1st December
Further model disagreements as we move into December. The EC develops two areas of low pressure that would bring wet and windy weather to the Western Isles with gales. The GFS keeps high pressure centred over the East coast of Scotland. This would mean fine dry and sunny weather for the Western Isles with light winds.
2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th December
Now this is the really long range. So take it with a large amount of salt and is the silly range. The GFS keeps things settled across the Islands. A chance of some rain towards the end of the time period but nothing to extreme. No storms on the horizon.
Thanks for reading any feedback is always welcomed.
Hello and welcome to this blog about snow. There is no snow in the forecast for the Western Isles for any time in the near future. But I am getting a lot of questions about when we are going to get snow and are we going to get a white Christmas.
How does snow form
First place we start is how does snow form with this video from the Met Office.
In the Western Isles
Here in the Western Isles we don’t often get huge amounts of snow. Most winters we will get 2/3 “snow days’. This is where snow sticks on the ground and lasts more than a couple of hours. Quite often it quickly melts away.
Years like 2009/10 are quite rare we don’t usually get long spells of snow. Other notable snowy winter where 1995 and 1991 in the last 30 years.
In December on average the UK sees 3.9 snow days. 5.3 days in January and 5.6 days in February. With March seeing 4.2 days according to the Met Office. So you more likely to see snow in March then December.
The Western Isles covered in snow from BBC News in 2010.
So why is so hard to forecast snow?
The Met Office explains all –
Why is snow forecasting in the UK difficult?
As it’s so cold high up in the atmosphere, most precipitation either starts off as snow or supercooled raindrops. As it falls to earth, it moves through warmer air most of the time and melts. Depending on the temperature of the air near the ground we either see rain or sleet or hail. However, the freezing level (usually the boundary at which precipitation will fall as snow rather than rain) doesn’t just stay the same every day, or even within a day, sometimes it can change hour by hour, across the country, or even a few miles down the road.
There are several things forecasters look at to predict how low down the precipitation will fall as snow:
Where the air has come from – if the air has come from a slightly different direction, say for example if it has spent a slightly longer time travelling over mild water, then the air can be ever so slightly warmer, and therefore the freezing level would be slightly higher up.
Very heavy precipitation – Even if the freezing level is quite high up in the air, it turns out that really intense precipitation can drag the “freezing level” nearer to the ground, and keep any precipitation falling as snow lower down too. Prolonged, heavy rainfall can therefore turn to snow.
When warm air meets cold air – this is the most difficult situation to predict snow. Weather fronts mark the boundary between cold air and warm air, so when a weather system moves in, there will be warm air and moisture wrapped up in it. While we need the moisture for snow to form, the warm air makes it very tricky to forecast if it will be turning to rain. As the warm air bumps into the cold air, it slides up over the top (warm air rises). The precipitation falls into the colder air lower down, but in time the air mixes together and makes the cold air slightly warmer, and the warm air slightly colder, and so then rain becomes more likely. You’ll often find that there’s a fine line between who sees snow and who sees rain. Sometimes a fraction of a degree is the difference between rain and snow. That’s what makes forecasting snow difficult (and often frustrating!).
Stornoway covered in snow in 2018 taken by Catherine Kennedy
Avoiding clickbait and crap apps.
So did you see the headline of the blog and click on it without reading the description first? See this how clickbait headlines work and they entice you in. Weather stories and ones about snow are some of the most clickable stories. Hence why the Daily Express churns them out. Yeah I am still awaiting the 300 days of snow they promised a few year back. The articles tend to have grains of truth in them but the are mainly just huge amounts of hype. It is best to avoid anything about snow from newspapers or news sites. They more you click the more you fund there advertisement revenue.
Watch out for the so called crap app. These are mobile phone apps such as XC Weather or the iphone weather app. These are called crap apps because they just indgest weather data with no human input. So you are seeing raw model data without the human input that understand the differences and they local variations of the forecast.
For example a few years ago 20CM of snow was forecast for several days by XC Weather in Stornoway. It that did happen I would struggle to stand in Stornoway Town Centre. I stood there in the rain with zero snow falling and zero snow had fallen that day. Yet people take this as gospel.
So where are good places to get snow forecasts. Because it’s so difficult to forecast more than a day of two out anything further then that is probably pushing it for accuracy. I will let you know if there is a snow risk on my updates. Met Office warnings, text forecasts and press releases are another good place to look. Netweather have in the past done good blog posts on the subject of snow as well.
A snow covered castle in Stornoway taken by Eric Mcmillan
White Christmas 2020
Will we see a white christmas this year is a question I get a lot. It is far too early to know yet by a long shot. Our first White Christmas forecast will be issued on the 1st of December so look out for that.
We can’t end a conversation about snow without a time lapse video of snow from the USA
I hope you have enjoyed this blog update any feedback is welcome.
Good morning Western Isles this is your morning brief
On this Sunday morning, we are seeing squally showers moving across the Western Isles. These are heavy in places with hail and sleet mixed in. A mixture of clear skies and cloud. Winds gusting 30 to 40 mph. Overnight low of 6.0C
Across the highlands and islands on Saturday Stornoway was the sunniest with 2.7 hours of sunshine.
Today – We are going to see frequent squally showers moving across the Western Isles. These heavy with sleet and hail mixed. In between some decent and prolonged spells of sunshine. Winds of 20 to 40 mph with some gusts reaching 50 mph. Winds will be from the West. Temps of 5C to 9C
Monday – Heavy rain moving in during the morning and afternoon. Drier to start and end the day. Winds gusting 40 to 50 mph whilst the rain moves in. Lighter around that time.
Tuesday – Overcast and showery day with winds gusting 20 to 40 mph. A colder day.
Wednesday – Sunshine and showers with brisk winds.
Good evening Western Isles we are seeing rain and squally showers piling into the Western Isles. These are heavy and wintry in places. Today high of 10.5C. Winds gusting 40 to 60 mph.
Overnight – We are going to see further squally showers. Heavy at times possibly wintry. In between plenty of clear skies. Winds of 20 to 40 mph gusting 50 to 55 mph.
Morning and afternoon – Winds easing a little and we are going to see further rounds of squally showers moving across the Western Isles. Heavy and possibly thundery at times. Some sleet and hail mixed in. Some sunshine in between. Not everyone will see showers. Winds of 10 to 20 mph gusting 30 to 40 mph.
Evening – Further squally showers moving across the Western Isles. Again possibly wintry at times. In between plenty of clear skies. Winds of 10 to 30 mph.
Winds will be from the West and temps of 5C to 9C
Sunrise and Sunset
Stornoway – 08:30 and 15:53
South Uist – 08:29 and 16:02
3 days ahead
Monday – Heavy rain and gales
Tuesday – Overcast breezy and scattering of showers.
Wednesday – Could actually be a nice day with some sunshine. Won’t get my hopes up yet with lighter winds as well!
Good afternoon and welcome to Saturday’s Weather Watch taking a look at the weather for the islands, the UK and around the Globe.
On this Saturday afternoon we are seeing a mixture of sunshine and showers. These heavy and squally at times with some rain, hail and sleet mixed in. Winds gusting 40 to 50 mph. Todays high so far of 10.5C
Overnight we had some thundery showers for Ness on the Isle of Lewis this morning with some lightning strikes.
Sunday – We are going to see the brisk airflow continuing across the Western Isles. Rain and showers will sweep across the Western Isles. These will be heavy at times and possibly thundery. It will stay windy but not as windy as we have seen recently. Winds of 20 to 40 mph. Temps of 5C to 10C. The next area of low pressure builds in the Atlantic.
Monday – Another area of low pressure comes thundering in off the Atlantic. The low pressure at midday Monday is expected to be 981 mb. It will bring strong winds and heavy rain to the Western Isles. Winds gusting 40 to 50 mph. Heavy rain will move in during the afternoon and evening. We will see a mainly dry but cold start. Plenty of cloud. The heavy rain clearing as we go overnight into Tuesday. Winds will be from the South and South West and temps of 4C to 11C
Tuesday – We are going to see a breezy day on Tuesday. Some broad areas of low pressure to our North and high pressure building in over the Atlantic. We are going to see a mainly dry day. We are going to see a few scattered showers but most places should stay dry. We will see plenty of cloud with some sunny spells. Winds of 10 to 30 mph so more of a breezy day. Winds will be from the South West and temps of 4C to 11C
UK forecast
Sunday for most it will be a fine and dry day. However some showers for Scotland with blustery winds. Some snow over higher ground. Monday will see mainly fine and dry conditions across most of England and Wales. Heavy rain for Scotland and Northern Ireland. Heavy rain on Tuesday slowly sinks South East across the UK and slowly clears away. Staying showery for much of Scotland with brisk winds.
