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Today (16 September 2019)
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| Chance of precipitation | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | 20% | 20% | 20% | 10% | 10% | 20% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 20% | 10% | 20% | 10% | 20% | 20% | 20% |
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| Feels like temperature (°C) | -5° | -5° | -5° | -4° | -4° | -4° | -5° | -5° | -4° | -4° | -4° | -3° | -3° | -3° | -3° | -3° | -3° | -3° | -3° | -3° | -4° | -4° | -4° |
| Wind direction and speed (mph) | W 20 | WNW 25 | W 26 | W 26 | W 26 | W 27 | W 28 | W 29 | W 29 | W 27 | W 27 | W 26 | W 26 | W 27 | W 28 | WNW 27 | WNW 27 | WNW 27 | WNW 27 | WNW 27 | WNW 28 | WNW 27 | WNW 28 |
| Wind gust (mph) | 27 | 33 | 35 | 33 | 33 | 35 | 36 | 36 | 37 | 35 | 36 | 35 | 36 | 36 | 38 | 37 | 37 | 36 | 36 | 37 | 37 | 36 | 37 |
| Visibility | M | G | VG | G | VP | VP | VP | M | G | P | M | G | VG | G | G | M | M | G | M | M | VP | VP | P |
| Humidity | 97% | 97% | 97% | 98% | 98% | 99% | 99% | 99% | 98% | 97% | 97% | 94% | 92% | 93% | 95% | 96% | 97% | 96% | 99% | 99% | 99% | 99% | 99% |
| UV | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Tuesday (17 September 2019)
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| Chance of precipitation | 20% | 20% | 20% | 20% | 20% | 10% | 50% | 20% | 60% |
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| Feels like temperature (°C) | -4° | -4° | -5° | -5° | -4° | -2° | -1° | 0° | 0° |
| Wind direction and speed (mph) | WNW 27 | WNW 27 | WNW 26 | WNW 23 | WNW 21 | WNW 19 | WNW 16 | W 10 | SW 10 |
| Wind gust (mph) | 36 | 36 | 36 | 31 | 29 | 27 | 22 | 15 | 14 |
| Visibility | P | VP | P | P | M | G | G | M | P |
| Humidity | 99% | 99% | 98% | 98% | 96% | 88% | 88% | 97% | 99% |
| UV | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - |
Wednesday (18 September 2019)
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| Chance of precipitation | 40% | 50% | 50% | 50% | 30% | 20% | 30% | 20% |
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| Feels like temperature (°C) | 0° | 0° | 1° | 2° | 3° | 3° | 3° | 3° |
| Wind direction and speed (mph) | SW 15 | SSW 15 | SW 15 | SW 14 | WSW 16 | W 17 | W 17 | WSW 16 |
| Wind gust (mph) | 20 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 25 | 26 | 24 | 22 |
| Visibility | P | P | P | P | P | M | P | P |
| Humidity | 99% | 99% | 99% | 98% | 98% | 97% | 98% | 99% |
| UV | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - |
Thursday (19 September 2019)
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| Chance of precipitation | 20% | 20% | 20% | 20% | 20% | 10% | 10% | 10% |
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| Feels like temperature (°C) | 2° | 2° | 2° | 3° | 4° | 4° | 4° | 1° |
| Wind direction and speed (mph) | WSW 16 | WSW 15 | W 15 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 13 | WSW 11 | WSW 12 |
| Wind gust (mph) | 22 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 17 | 17 |
| Visibility | P | VP | VP | M | M | M | M | M |
| Humidity | 99% | 99% | 99% | 98% | 96% | 94% | 97% | 98% |
| UV | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - |
Friday (20 September 2019)
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| Chance of precipitation | 10% | 20% | 20% | 20% | 10% | <5% | <5% | <5% |
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| Feels like temperature (°C) | 0° | 0° | 0° | 3° | 5° | 7° | 5° | 2° |
| Wind direction and speed (mph) | SW 14 | SSW 13 | S 14 | SSW 15 | SSW 16 | S 16 | S 16 | SSE 18 |
| Wind gust (mph) | 20 | 19 | 19 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 26 |
| Visibility | M | VP | VP | VP | M | VG | VG | VG |
| Humidity | 98% | 98% | 98% | 98% | 94% | 84% | 93% | 95% |
| UV | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - |
Saturday (21 September 2019)
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| Feels like temperature (°C) | 0° | -1° | 0° | 3° | 5° | 5° | 4° | 3° |
| Wind direction and speed (mph) | SSE 21 | SSE 22 | SE 21 | SSE 22 | S 23 | SSE 21 | SSE 20 | SSE 19 |
| Wind gust (mph) | 30 | 32 | 31 | 34 | 37 | 35 | 31 | 30 |
| Visibility | G | M | M | G | VG | VG | VG | G |
| Humidity | 96% | 97% | 97% | 95% | 81% | 85% | 89% | 93% |
| UV | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - |
Highlands & Eilean Siar weather forecast
Headline:
Scattered showers, most frequent in the west.
This Evening and Tonight:
Scattered showers will feed into the west, mainly around the coasts, giving a rather cloudy evening and night. Largely dry further east with occasional clear spells. Light to moderate westerly winds. Minimum temperature 4 °C.
Monday:
Showers continuing, most frequent across Lewis, Harris, Sutherland and Caithness, but few penetrating east of the Great Glen. West to northwest winds fresh to strong across northern coasts. Maximum temperature 15 °C.
Outlook for Tuesday to Thursday:
Showers merging to longer periods of rain later Tuesday, then Wednesday and Thursday will be rather cloudy with patchy rain.
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UK long range weather forecast
Dry, sunny and warm weather is expected to dominate on Friday and Saturday with any wet and windy weather confined to the far northwest. Overnight temperatures will be on the cool side for many bringing a chance for some patchy mist and fog, especially in the south. By Sunday cooler, unsettled weather is expected to move in from the west and herald a spell of rather changeable weather for part of the working week. There is a degree of uncertainty as we head towards the last weekend of September. On balance we should see a northwest to southeast split in the weather with the strongest winds and heaviest spells of rainfall in the northwest, and the best of the dry, warm, and sunny weather in the southeast.
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Confidence remains low through this period and a number of different weather scenarios are possible. However the most likely situation is for southeastern parts of the UK see the best of the dry weather with daytime temperatures fairly warm for the time of year. Low temperatures are likely during many of the nights, bringing an increased chance of mist, fog and ground frost. Meanwhile, the northwest of the UK is more likely to keep stronger winds with heavier rain at times. It will be cloudier in the northwest leading to lower daytime temperatures.
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