First time here

Put it on this device

Add Western Isles Weather to your home screen or computer so the radar and the morning outlook are one tap away. The steps match this device. Change it below if that guess is wrong. The phone icon in the top bar opens this again later.

Laptop

A desk layout: the sections are in a column on the left, and the map is wide.

  1. In Chrome or Edge, use the install icon in the address bar, or the browser menu, then Install.
  2. Pin the window to the taskbar or keep it in the Dock.

Location. Lock on me asks once in the browser. If you blocked it, click the lock icon in the address bar and set Location to Allow, then tap Lock on me again.

WI

Live from the islands

Reports

What the road, the beach and the harbour are actually doing. Public, weather only, no accounts. Updates refresh on their own.

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  • Stornoway

    wind

    Stiff southwesterly along the inner harbour. Spray on the breakwater, town itself fairly sheltered.

    Harbour watch · 01:19

  • Luskentyre

    tide

    Sandbar showing on the ebb. Wind off the west, dry for now but a line of showers sitting on Taransay.

    Beach walk · 01:19

  • Balranald

    fog

    Sea fog lifting off the reef, still thick on the road from the turn to the reserve. Corncrake quiet this late.

    Machair · 01:19