Western Isles Weather

Good evening all earlier today the Met Office issued a yellow weather warning for wind for the Western Isles. In this blog, we take a look at that warning.

The warning comes into force at 03:00 Thursday morning and expires at 12:00 Thursday afternoon

⚠️ Yellow weather warning issued ⚠️

Strong winds across parts of Scotland

Thursday 0300 – 1200

Latest info 👉 https://t.co/QwDLMfRBfs

Stay #WeatherAware⚠️ pic.twitter.com/pf2xnHruGg

— Met Office (@metoffice) February 9, 2022

The full warnings and latest updates can be found here https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/warnings-and-advice/uk-warnings#?date=2022-02-10&id=4e795390-1118-46c1-badc-1ebf1afaa227&details

The latest from SSE regarding the severe weather

We’re moving to #WeatherWarning status in anticipation of gale force winds forecast to move across our north of Scotland operating region from the early hours of Thursday morning. https://t.co/hHsmbKYVwm pic.twitter.com/wVxMvOowYH

— ssencommunity (@ssencommunity) February 9, 2022

and a severe weather statement from our council https://www.cne-siar.gov.uk/news/2022/february/severe-weather-yellow-warning/

Please do NOT use Western Isles Weather for the protection of life and property please follow local and national government issued warnings and advice. Please have more than one source for weather information in extreme weather, Such as the Met office and follow any advice and instructions from emergency responders.