Welcome to Wednesday’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 and events from the UK and around the Globe.

On this Wednesday evening we are seeing an overcast evening with some clear spells. Light rain and drizzle. Mist and low cloud in places. Winds under 20 mph. Todays high of 15.5C

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

Thursday – Weather fronts linger across the UK on Thursday. For us in the Western Isles we are going to see a mixture of sunshine and cloud. Some decent spells of sunshine a times. Some lingering light rain and drizzle but for most becoming dry. Winds will be from the North East under 20 mph. Temps of 9C to 16C

Friday – High pressure for much of the UK but low pressure sits out West with weather fronts encroaching from the West. We are going to see an overcast but dry start to the day. Sunshine and cloud with mainly light winds. However we are expecting to see rain push in during the evening this will be heavy at times. Winds of 20 to 30 mph gusting 40 mph for Uist and Barra.

Saturday – Weather fronts sit across the UK on Saturday. A warm front over Scotland and a cold front over England and Wales. Overnight Friday into Saturday and we are going to see spells of rain moving across the Western Isles. These will be heavy at times. Into Saturday morning there will be some lingering light rain and drizzle. The cloud will dominate with increasing amounts of sunshine in the afternoon and evening. Winds will be from the East and South East around 10 to 20 mph gusting 30 to 40 mph during the early hours of Saturday. Temps of 12C to 18C

UK Weather News

Heavy rain for the UK this weekend

A band of #rain is likely to move across the UK during the weekend, but details on where the wettest weather will be is uncertain at this stage

Ahead of the rain it is also likely to turn very warm for some us 🌡️

You can find out more later today in our 10 day trend forecast pic.twitter.com/bgU2Gn52Ve

— Met Office (@metoffice) August 18, 2021

Global Weather News

Tropical storm Grace in Grand Cayman today

Seven Mile Beach area in Grand Cayman this morning as Tropical Storm Grace passes through… Video from Chuck Bryant pic.twitter.com/gdLMpci1qC

— James Spann (@spann) August 18, 2021

And that water outside our house now looks like the ocean 😳 #HurricaneGrace #CaymanIslands pic.twitter.com/rFhamltNTA

— GC🔺 (@geesee1977) August 18, 2021

Grace has become a hurricane now

Hurricane #Grace is heading west toward the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico 🇲🇽 Dangerous storm surge and heavy rainfall is expected. #HurricaneGrace #HuracánGrace

Track the hurricane LIVE here → https://t.co/h406x4ICMT pic.twitter.com/9U8bRSB4rT

— Zoom Earth (@zoom_earth) August 18, 2021

We also have tropical storm Henri

This image captures Hurricane #Grace (bottom left) and Tropical Storm #Henri (top right). #Grace is forecast to make landfall on the Yucatan Peninsula on Thursday, while #Henri's track is more uncertain, moving initially west before a forecast northward turn later this week. pic.twitter.com/0OijoAjcMS

— Met Office Storms (@metofficestorms) August 18, 2021

Flooding from Tropical storm Fred in North Carolina

Flood waters are rapidly encroaching upon these homes in Bat Cave, NC. Another round of heavy rain is imminent #NCwx pic.twitter.com/PbVedwc60B

— Evan Fisher (@EFisherWX) August 17, 2021

Freds track since it formed

The remnants of #Fred continue to move northeastward along the Appalachians into the Mid-Atlantic this morning, bringing the threat of heavy rainfall and severe weather to some areas.

Let's look back at the storm's path from Aug. 10 to Aug. 17, seen via the #GOESEast 🛰️. pic.twitter.com/UB0abFqOnb

— NOAA Satellites (@NOAASatellites) August 18, 2021

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