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coasts. Pressure The graph below shows mean sea level pressure recorded at three Hebridean stations: Stornoway, South Uist and Tiree from 10 December 2013 to 10 January 2014. The four pronounced downward spikes are the storms of 18 to 19 December, 23 to 24 December, 27 to 28 December 2013 and 3 January
North EGPO Stornoway 9 hr North EGHH Bournemouth 9 hr South EGHI Southampton 9 hr South EGHQ Newquay 9 hr South EGLC London City 9 hr South EGMC Southend 9 hr South EGNJ Humberside 9 hr South EGSH Norwick 9 hr South EGTE Exeter 9 hr South EGAA Belfast International 24 hr North EGNM Leeds Bradford 24 hr
EGPO Stornoway 9 hr North EGHH Bournemouth 9 hr South EGHI Southampton 9 hr South EGHQ Newquay 9 hr South EGLC London City 9 hr South EGMC Southend 9 hr South EGNJ Humberside 9 hr South EGSH Norwick 9 hr South EGTE Exeter 9 hr South EGAA Belfast International 24 hr North EGNM Leeds Bradford 24 hr
England (an important water resource); this is extremely unusual at this time of year. In stark contrast, parts of north-west Scotland suffered drought stress through summer 2012. Wildfires threatened historic buildings in Stornoway, there were reports of springs drying up and whisky production
Inverness 9 hr North EGPO Stornoway 9 hr North Visibility Gerrity Skill Score Rolling 36-month calculation EGAC EGAE EGNV EGPA EGPB EGPE EGPO 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Visibility Peirce Skill Score Rolling 36-month calculation EGAC EGAE EGNV EGPA EGPB EGPE
77 knots Stornoway Airport, 15 7411 January 2005 88 knots Western Isles Point of Ayre, Isle of Man 9 748 January 2005 85 knots South Uist Range, Western 4 743 February 2011 75 knots Isles Wick Airport, Caithness 36 7312 January 2005 76 knots Salsburgh, Lanarkshire 277 7331 December 2006 75 knots
EGPE Inverness 9 hr North EGPO Stornoway 9 hr North Visibility Gerrity Skill Score Rolling 36-month calculation EGAC EGAE EGNV EGPA EGPB EGPE EGPO 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Visibility Peirce Skill Score Rolling 36-month calculation EGAC EGAE EGNV EGPA EGPB
-2.90149 SCO 1950 03023 SOUTH UIST RANGE 4 57.35754 -7.38478 SCO 1996 03026 STORNOWAY AIRPORT 15 58.21345 -6.31882 SCO 1873 03031 LOCH GLASCARNOCH 269 57.7248 -4.89547 SCO 1992 03034 AULTBEA NO2 11 57.85886 -5.63277 SCO 1986 03039 BEALACH NA BA NO2 773 57.41786 -5.6886 SCO 2001 03041 AONACH MOR 1130
. The monthly averages of days with sleet/snow falling and lying at Stornoway and Aviemore are shown below (a day of lying snow is counted if the ground is more than 50% covered at 0900). Heavy snowfalls can cause travel and power supply disruption. Examples include 28-29 January 1978 when strong NE winds
mph). Pressure The graph below shows mean sea level pressure recorded at Stornoway (Western Isles), Magilligan (County Londonderry) and Valley (Anglesey) from 23 January to 18 February 2014. The pronounced downward spikes are the six storms of 25 to 26 January, 31 January to 1 February, 4 to 5
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