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 rain sleet and snow showers moving across the islands. Heavy at times with some clear skies and cloud. Winds of 20 to 30 mph. Today’s high of 4.8C so far.

A reminder the Met Office updated the yellow weather warning for snow and ice for the Western Isles till 11 am Thursday morning.
I have written a blog about the warning here https://westernislesweather.com/2020/12/29/met-office-snow-and-ice-warning-for-the-western-isles-29th-and-30th-december-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 3 day weather forecast
Thursday – Weather fronts sit across the UK and we are going to see a continuation of the cold air. We are going to see an overcast day with some sunny spells. A few showers at times which will be wintry at times. A cold icy start but becoming slightly milder by mid morning. Winds gusting 20 to 40 mph so feeling colder in the wind chill. Winds will be from the North. Temps of 1C to 6C
Friday – high pressure blocks the Atlantic still with weather fronts across the UK. A mainly fine and dry day with some sunshine. A few wintry showers moving in later. A lot of cloud. Winds under 20 mph. Winds will come in from the North. Temps of 1C to 6C
Saturday – high pressure still blocks the Atlantic and we stay in the cold airflow. A cold wintry start with some sleet and snow. Ice at times. Becoming drier later with sunshine and winds under 20 mph. Winds will be from the North and North West. Temps of -1C to 5C
UK Weather News
Large parts of the UK under snow and ice warnings in the coming days from the Met Office
The full warnings and latest updates can be found here https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/warnings-and-advice/uk-warnings?WT.mc_id=Twitter_Weatherdesk_Enquiries#?date=2020-12-30&id=f9cbf32d-fa49-4c06-883d-5714329b09d8&details
it was also the coldest night of the winter so far
Global Weather News
There has been a significant landslide in Norway
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