Western Isles Weather

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 some rain across North Uist and Harris. Drier elsewhere with plenty of cloud. Todays high of 7.6C and winds under 20 mph.

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)

Thursday – Low pressure dominates the weather across large parts of the UK on Thursday. Spells of rain which will be heavy at times. Some longer spells of rain. Becoming lighter at times. The cloud dominates with some sunny spells. Winds gusting 30 to 40 mph. Winds will be from the South East and temps of 6C to 10C

Friday – A broad area of low pressure sits across the UK. We are going to see further spells of rain. This will be heavy during the early hours of Friday. The cloud will dominate with some sunny spells. winds gusting 20 to 40 mph from the South East. Temps of 5C to 10C

Saturday – Another overcast day. We are going to see some morning rain but this will clear away and allow for some sunshine as the day goes on with some clear spells after sunset. Winds will be under 20 mph. Winds will be from the East and South East. Temps of 5C to 10C. A slack airflow persists across the UK.

UK forecast

Thursday rain moves across the UK drierest in the South and East. Heavy rain in the far South West of England. Friday rain and showers for most becoming drier for central England. Becoming drier and brighter everywhere on Saturday but some rain for Orkney and Shetland.

UK Weather News

Flooding in Liverpool yesterday

Floodwater in West Derby in Liverpool yesterday. Heavy rains submerged roads around Liverpool creating traffic disruption, and at least one sinkhole opened. https://t.co/k5oy1qTtsN pic.twitter.com/6pYakqieuW

— BBC Weather (@bbcweather) December 9, 2020

More on this here https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-55216309?at_campaign=64&at_custom2=twitter&at_custom3=bbc_weather&at_medium=custom7&at_custom4=09C521F0-3A25-11EB-8FDE-C26696E8478F&at_custom1=%5Bpost+type%5D

Fallstreak hole yesterday

A fantastic mackerel sky with a fallstreak hole spotted in northern England. The elongation of the fallstreak hole suggests that an aircraft flew up through the cloud, setting the process in motion. pic.twitter.com/2khaMgjsRJ

— BBC Weather (@bbcweather) December 9, 2020

Global Weather News

Snowfall in Morocco

❄️Snowfall hit northern areas in #Morocco on Tuesday.
The #snow will be replaced by rain☔️ this week.
Here's the Taza region👇 pic.twitter.com/0clWWP80zR

— BBC Weather (@bbcweather) December 9, 2020

There has been further heavy snowfall in Italy

Exceptional view of the EXTREME snow in Sappada, NE Italy today, Dec 8th. Thanks to Samuele for the report – posted with permission. pic.twitter.com/3GRb90OGbm

— severe-weather.EU (@severeweatherEU) December 8, 2020

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