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 afternoon we are seeing rain moving across the Uist and Barra. Drier for most of Lewis and some of Harris. Plenty of cloud. Winds under 20 mph and todays high so far of 11.8C

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 – Low pressure sits close to the Western Isles on Sunday with weather fronts across the UK. For us in the Western Isles we are going to see further overnight rain for Uist and Barra. Into Sunday mainly fine and dry few scattered showers with sunshine and cloud. Winds of 10 to 25 mph from the East and South East. Temps of 9C to 13C

Monday – Low pressure dominates our weather with weather fronts moving across the country. For us in the Western Isles we are going to see an overcast day with spells of rain and showers. Heaviest into the evening. Winds of 20 to 40 mph gusting 50 mph for Uist and Barra. Temps of 11C to 14C

Tuesday – Low pressure moves to the West slowly. Weather fronts move across the UK at a slow pace and could dump large amounts of rain. For us in the Western Isles we are going to see rounds of heavy and at times persistent rain moving across the Western Isles. Plenty of cloud. Winds of 10 to 30 mph gusting 40 mph. Winds will be from the South and South West. Temps of 11C to 14C

UK Weather News

Wet week ahead

At this time of the year milder air can often be accompanied by wetter weather too

That will be the case into next week. Highest rain totals (shown by 🟨🟩) in the west pic.twitter.com/BhUQxtGGBq

— BBC Weather (@bbcweather) October 16, 2021

Big temperature contrasts last night

Last night was the coldest night of #Autumn2021 so far, with Redesdale Camp falling to -3.6C

However, it was not #cold everywhere, with the far south of the UK remaining in double figures pic.twitter.com/d62an1PNrv

— Met Office (@metoffice) October 16, 2021

Global Weather News

Stunning photo

💫 Lucy’s got some exploring to do.

At 5:34am ET (9:34 UTC) on Oct. 16, our #LucyMission lifted off aboard a @ULALaunch Atlas V rocket. Now begins a 12-year journey to visit more asteroids than any other mission: https://t.co/iRKKvRs28J pic.twitter.com/85xb8aG3u6

— NASA (@NASA) October 16, 2021

Hailstorm in Australia

Huge #hailstones hammered western parts of Australian city of #Sydney on Thursday. #NewSouthWales

More storms to come further north of the country this week. #Australia

Here was the suburb of Mount Druitt👇 pic.twitter.com/Z3Uc9lmxau

— BBC Weather (@bbcweather) October 16, 2021

latest from storm Ballos

Severe #flooding in #Greece after heavy rain hit the region.⛈️

The heavy downpours now affecting #Turkey, #Romania and #Bulgaria. #Europe pic.twitter.com/jSx7HKiCHH

— BBC Weather (@bbcweather) October 16, 2021

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