Western Isles Weather

Welcome to Saturday’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 Saturday evening we are seeing a mostly overcast evening with spells of rain and drizzle. Some hazy sunshine. Winds under 20 mph and todays high so far of 16.5C

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

Sunday – Weather fronts linger across the UK on Sunday. With weather warnings in place. See below. For us in the Western Isles we are going to see an overcast day with some spells of light rain and drizzle. Some sunshine. Decent and prolonged at times. Feeling fairly warm. Winds will be from variable directions and temps of 12C to 19C

Monday – High pressure dominates across the UK. For us in the Western Isles we are expecting to see a fine and dry day with sunshine and cloud. The odd spell of light rain is possible but for the vast majority it should be dry. Some decent and prolonged spells of sunshine at times. Winds will be light under 15 mph from the South and South West predominantly. Temps of 12C to 19C

Tuesday – High pressure firmly in charge of our weather on Tuesday. For us in the Western Isles we are going to see a mainly fine and dry day with some decent and prolonged sunshine. Variable amounts of cloud. Which will increase in at times. Winds will be light under 15 mph from variable directions and temps of 12C to 20C

UK Weather News

A Met Office yellow weather warning for rain has been issued by the Met Office for Sunday

⚠️ Yellow weather warning issued ⚠️

Rain across north and east England
Sunday 0001 – 0600

Latest info 👉 https://t.co/QwDLMfRBfs Stay #WeatherAware⚠️ pic.twitter.com/vzVHAdRWMk

— Met Office (@metoffice) August 21, 2021

Met Office thunderstorm warning is also in force for the rest of this evening

⚠️ Yellow weather warning updated ⚠️

Rain across parts of Northern Ireland, England and Wales

Saturday 1200 – 2359

Latest info 👉 https://t.co/QwDLMfRBfs

Stay #WeatherAware⚠️ pic.twitter.com/jnIPt0pEIA

— Met Office (@metoffice) August 21, 2021

Sunshine values are still well below average for much of the UK so far this month

123.0 hours of #sunshine so far at Manston, Kent, but the anomalies reveal a duller than average (for this point in August) right across the Islands of the North Atlantic. pic.twitter.com/wAqWuVD6DS

— Dan Harris (@RoostWeather) August 20, 2021

Global Weather News

Hurricane Grace made landfall on Mexico as a strong category 3. A major hurricane

#HurricaneGrace batters #Mexico as a category 3 storm as #TropicalStormHenri tracks toward the US north-east coast.⛈️☔️

Darren Bett has more👇 pic.twitter.com/ydpj6Toean

— BBC Weather (@bbcweather) August 21, 2021

Another view of Grace this morning

Hurricane #Grace rapidly intensified to a category 3 hurricane with sustained winds of 125 mph prior to landfall near Tecolutla, Mexico. #Grace is the first major hurricane of the 2021 Atlantic season, and only the second major hurricane landfall in Veracruz (after Karl, 2010). pic.twitter.com/RCG8vUNKgt

— Met Office Storms (@metofficestorms) August 21, 2021

Some more facts on Grace

So #HurricaneGrace became a major just before landfall.

That's 5 days earlier than 2020's first major (Laura, category 4).

Next stat up for grabs is 3rd hurricane. Still waiting on Henri for that (although unofficially, some evidence suggests it has briefly been one already). pic.twitter.com/4ZcWh7eFdo

— James Peacock (@peacockreports) August 21, 2021

and the latest on Hurricane Henri

#Henri has strengthened to a hurricane and is headed for Long Island and southern New England. Hurricane and Tropical Storm Warnings have been extended eastward. Here are the 11 am EDT Key Messages. See https://t.co/tW4KeFW0gB for details. pic.twitter.com/lRb61AnHaj

— National Hurricane Center (@NHC_Atlantic) August 21, 2021

Here is the latest satellite view of #Hurricanehenri as it heads towards New England. If the storm does make landfall as a #hurricane, it will be the region's first direct hit in 30 years (Bob in 1991). pic.twitter.com/9FWAhFVSHA

— Met Office (@metoffice) August 21, 2021

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