Western Isles Weather

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 fine dry evening. A hard and widespread frost. Winds under 10 mph. A mixture of clear skies and cloud. Temps around 2/3C this evening.

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

Monday – A fine dry day with plenty of prolonged sunshine. Widespread frost and ice. Mist and fog overnight. Temps getting down as low as -2/3C in places. Winds under 20 mph. The odd scattered shower cannot be ruled out. Winds under 10 mph from variable directions. Temps of -3C to 3C. High pressure still dominates over the top of us 1035 mb.

Tuesday – Again high pressure dominates across the UK. A mixture of sunshine and cloud. Winds will be light under 10 mph. Once more we are going to see another widespread frost and ice. Winds will be variable directions and temps of -3C to 5C

Wednesday – High pressure declines away and low pressure moves between Iceland and Norway. A trailing cold front will move across the Western Isles. This will bring rain to all parts later in the day. This rain will be heavy at times. It will be a cold frosty and icy start once again. Winds will gust to 30 mph later in the day. Winds will be from the South and South West. Temps of 1C to 6C

UK Weather News

Today’s view from space

Managed to see any blue sky today?

Here is the view from #space 🛰️ pic.twitter.com/C6xd1H1zd0

— Met Office (@metoffice) January 3, 2021

A Met Office yellow weather warning for Ice has been issued for large parts of the East Coast

⚠️ Yellow Warning issued ⚠️

Icy patches are expected to develop, especially on untreated surfaces, where #snow has been melting on Sunday and where frequent #showers occur through the night

Sunday 1800 – Monday 1100

Latest info 👉 https://t.co/QwDLMfRBfs

Stay #WeatherAware ⚠️ pic.twitter.com/7uhd3UCWcp

— Met Office (@metoffice) January 3, 2021

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=2021-01-03&id=3bda76da-959b-4ed8-89c4-7d3d8a01fab2&details

Global Weather News

Cylone Imogen in the Gulf of Carpentaria

Tropical Cyclone #Imogen has formed in the far southeast of the Gulf of Carpentaria and will make landfall over #Queensland #Australia during the next 24 hours. pic.twitter.com/TOTT8DKkEM

— Met Office Storms (@metofficestorms) January 3, 2021

There has been severe flooding in Peru

⛈️Scenes of flooding damage in southwestern #Peru following days of intense rainfall. ☔️More rain to come this week. This is the city of Arequipa👇 pic.twitter.com/vky4qHyubt

— BBC Weather (@bbcweather) January 3, 2021

Heavy snowfall in Algeria

Northern #Africa caught the edges of #Europe’s polar blast over the weekend.
👇#Algeria is now getting battered by heavy snow which is causing travel disruption in the eastern parts of the country.❄️🌨️ pic.twitter.com/qccFrDrQ7f

— BBC Weather (@bbcweather) January 3, 2021

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