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Today (16 September 2019)
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| Chance of precipitation | 10% | 10% | 20% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 50% | 20% | 50% | 50% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 30% | 10% | <5% | <5% |
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| Feels like temperature (°C) | -1° | -3° | -4° | -4° | -4° | -4° | -3° | -3° | -3° | -3° | -2° | -3° | -3° | -3° | -3° | -3° | -4° | -4° | -4° |
| Wind direction and speed (mph) | SW 15 | SW 23 | WSW 27 | W 32 | W 32 | W 34 | W 30 | W 31 | W 29 | WNW 32 | W 30 | WNW 33 | WNW 32 | WNW 29 | WNW 29 | WNW 29 | WNW 28 | WNW 29 | WNW 29 |
| Wind gust (mph) | 17 | 29 | 34 | 40 | 39 | 41 | 36 | 38 | 36 | 39 | 38 | 43 | 41 | 37 | 37 | 38 | 38 | 38 | 39 |
| Visibility | VG | M | VP | VG | E | E | G | E | E | E | VG | VG | VG | E | E | VG | E | E | E |
| Humidity | 92% | 98% | 99% | 97% | 95% | 94% | 96% | 94% | 91% | 96% | 94% | 93% | 89% | 91% | 89% | 90% | 85% | 86% | 86% |
| UV | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Tuesday (17 September 2019)
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| Chance of precipitation | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 20% | 60% | 90% | 80% |
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| Feels like temperature (°C) | -4° | -4° | -4° | -4° | -4° | -4° | -4° | -4° | -3° | -3° | -2° | -1° | -1° | -1° | 0° | 0° | 0° | 0° | 0° | 0° | 0° | -1° | -1° | -1° |
| Wind direction and speed (mph) | WNW 29 | WNW 28 | WNW 28 | WNW 28 | WNW 28 | WNW 26 | NW 25 | NW 23 | WNW 21 | WNW 18 | WNW 15 | WNW 13 | WNW 12 | WNW 12 | WNW 12 | WNW 11 | WNW 10 | W 9 | WSW 9 | SW 9 | SW 11 | SSW 14 | S 17 | S 22 |
| Wind gust (mph) | 38 | 37 | 37 | 37 | 37 | 35 | 34 | 31 | 28 | 24 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 18 | 22 | 27 |
| Visibility | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | VG | VG | VG | G | P | P | P |
| Humidity | 86% | 84% | 84% | 83% | 82% | 83% | 84% | 82% | 84% | 83% | 83% | 79% | 77% | 75% | 75% | 75% | 75% | 78% | 82% | 87% | 92% | 96% | 98% | 98% |
| UV | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Wednesday (18 September 2019)
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| Chance of precipitation | 60% | 60% | 80% | 90% | 60% | 60% | 60% | 60% | 60% |
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| Feels like temperature (°C) | -1° | -1° | 1° | 2° | 3° | 4° | 4° | 4° | 3° |
| Wind direction and speed (mph) | SSW 24 | SSW 26 | SSW 26 | SW 22 | SW 16 | WSW 17 | WSW 17 | W 16 | WNW 15 |
| Wind gust (mph) | 29 | 33 | 33 | 30 | 25 | 28 | 28 | 24 | 23 |
| Visibility | VP | VP | VP | VP | P | P | P | M | P |
| Humidity | 98% | 98% | 99% | 99% | 98% | 97% | 96% | 97% | 98% |
| UV | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - |
Thursday (19 September 2019)
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| Chance of precipitation | 50% | 20% | 20% | 50% | 50% | 30% | 20% | 20% |
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| Feels like temperature (°C) | 2° | 2° | 2° | 2° | 3° | 4° | 3° | 2° |
| Wind direction and speed (mph) | SSW 16 | WSW 16 | WSW 15 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 | SW 14 | SW 14 |
| Wind gust (mph) | 24 | 24 | 24 | 26 | 28 | 27 | 24 | 23 |
| Visibility | P | M | M | M | M | M | M | M |
| Humidity | 98% | 98% | 98% | 97% | 95% | 94% | 97% | 98% |
| UV | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - |
Friday (20 September 2019)
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| Chance of precipitation | 10% | 10% | 10% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% |
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| Feels like temperature (°C) | 1° | 1° | 1° | 4° | 7° | 9° | 7° | 4° |
| Wind direction and speed (mph) | SSW 15 | SSW 16 | S 16 | S 18 | S 18 | S 17 | SSE 21 | SSE 24 |
| Wind gust (mph) | 24 | 24 | 24 | 27 | 30 | 29 | 30 | 34 |
| Visibility | M | M | M | G | VG | VG | VG | VG |
| Humidity | 98% | 98% | 98% | 96% | 84% | 75% | 81% | 88% |
| UV | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - |
Saturday (21 September 2019)
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| Feels like temperature (°C) | 3° | 2° | 2° | 4° | 6° | 6° | 5° | 4° |
| Wind direction and speed (mph) | SSE 26 | SSE 27 | SSE 27 | SSE 28 | S 27 | S 26 | S 27 | S 28 |
| Wind gust (mph) | 38 | 39 | 40 | 43 | 44 | 42 | 42 | 42 |
| Visibility | VG | G | G | VG | VG | G | G | G |
| Humidity | 90% | 91% | 91% | 86% | 79% | 82% | 85% | 88% |
| UV | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - |
Sunday (22 September 2019)
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| Chance of precipitation | 40% | 40% | 20% | 50% | 50% | 40% | 40% | 50% |
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| Feels like temperature (°C) | 4° | 3° | 2° | 3° | 4° | 5° | 4° | 5° |
| Wind direction and speed (mph) | S 27 | S 26 | S 26 | S 27 | SSW 27 | SSW 19 | SSW 17 | SSW 8 |
| Wind gust (mph) | 41 | 41 | 40 | 43 | 43 | 34 | 31 | 22 |
| Visibility | G | G | G | G | G | G | G | M |
| Humidity | 91% | 92% | 94% | 91% | 89% | 93% | 95% | 99% |
| UV | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - |
Highlands & Eilean Siar weather forecast
Headline:
Bright and breezy. Scattered showers.
Today:
Bright with a scattering of showers, the showers mostly likely across the Northwest Highlands. A few sunny breaks possible, the best of these around Inverness, Nairn and the Black Isle. Westerly winds moderate or fresh, but strong around the coast. Maximum temperature 15 °C.
Tonight:
Mainly dry with the best of the breaks around Inverness and into Speyside. Cloudier in the north and west, the odd light shower still possible. Windy around the north coast. Minimum temperature 7 °C.
Tuesday:
Mainly dry and bright with the best of any sunshine in the east. Cloud is expected to thicken across the Western Isles and Northwest Highlands, patchy rain possible later. Maximum temperature 15 °C.
Outlook for Wednesday to Friday:
Plenty of dry weather, although some rain and drizzle expected on Wednesday. The best of brightness around Inverness and temperatures picking up with mainly light or moderate southwest winds.
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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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