Western Isles Weather

Welcome to Sunday’s Weather Watch taking a look at the weather for the next 3 days in depth for the Western Isles as well as covering the latest weather news from the UK and around the Globe.

On this Sunday afternoon we are seeing sunshine and cloud with some decent and prolonged sunshine. Feeling humid. A few sharp showers around and some of these are thundery in places. Winds under 10 mph and todays high of 19.2C

The next 3 days

We are now going to take a look at the next few days weather for the Western Isles. 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

Monday –  An area of low pressure sits across Northern Scotland and an area of low pressure sits to the South West of the UK which will move into England as the day progresses. For us in the Western isles we are going to see a fairly cloud dominated day with some sunshine at times. We are going to see showers and these becoming fairly frequent and heavy at times. Winds under 20 mph from variable directions and temps of 13 to 18C

Tuesday – The area of low pressure moved out into the North Sea. Behind brisk wind and a couple weather of weather fronts for the UK. For us in the Western isles we are going to see a day of sunshine and cloud. Showers once again will be heavy at times but expected to be fairly scattered. Winds under 20 mph from the South West shifting North West later. Temps of 12C to 17C 

Wednesday High pressure builds back across the UK on Wednesday and we enter a slack airflow. We are going to see a day of sunshine and cloud. Some decent and prolonged spells of sunshine at times with variable amounts of cloud. Some scattered showers but most places expected to stay dry. Winds under 20 mph from the North and North West. Temps of 10 to 16C

UK Weather News

Watching afternoon storms

Some nice storm cells in the #Minch right now with interesting radar reflectivity values, and some #lightning being reported by nearby stations.

It is worth to continue the monitoring of the convective evolution. #hebweather #Hebrides pic.twitter.com/XCtmoY0SS0

— Giuseppe Petricca (@gmrpetricca) July 4, 2021

Thunderstorm in Leeds

We were treated to some fabulous #storms in the #UK last night. Here are a few good #lightning shots from #Leeds! ⚡️#stormhour #weather #ukstorm @BBCWthrWatchers @Lauratobin1 #torrential #flood pic.twitter.com/33Ixhc48Bk

— 'Dr' Ben Pickering (@wx_radar) July 4, 2021

Global Weather News

The latest on Elsa

#HurricaneElsa has weakened to a tropical storm after
battering the Dominican Republic & Haiti with heavy rain and high winds.☔️⛈️ #Caribbean

It now heads for Jamaica & Cuba before getting to #Florida by Tuesday.

👇Here's Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic on Saturday. pic.twitter.com/PmmeoXwtCh

— BBC Weather (@bbcweather) July 4, 2021

Inside Elsa yesterday

POV: You’re a Hurricane Hunter.#Elsa #ReserveReady pic.twitter.com/2hTmRZuQpC

— Hurricane Hunters (@53rdWRS) July 3, 2021

The most recent update on Elsa

5am EDT July 4 #Elsa Key Messages: Tropical Storm Warnings in effect for portions of Haiti, Cuba, and Jamaica. Tropical Storm Watches in effect for Cayman Islands & portions of the #Florida Keys, and additional watches/warnings are likely later today. https://t.co/8mjVghXe3g pic.twitter.com/WQyxFsHUxC

— National Hurricane Center (@NHC_Atlantic) July 4, 2021

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