11.6°c

1016mb

Occasional showers.

Wind, strong SSW.

Much colder today, but also calmer (though we still had overnight gusts above 60mph...if that qualifies as calm ). Temps here around 3C in Portree 1C at the moment. Showery with rain, sleet and hail. Stormy later tomorrow...

Shulista, Isle of Skye, Lat: N57:41:20 (57.688757) Lon: W6:19:06 (-6.318203), 40m ASL
Weather readings @ 08:03 on 16-12-2013
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Relative Pressure: 994.3 hPa & rising

Wind (Now): 10.2 m/s (22.8 mph) Force 5, Fresh Breeze
Gust (Now): 13.3 m/s (29.8 mph)
Wind (Ave today): 11.2 m/s (25.0 mph)
Gust (Max today): 27.9 m/s (62.4 mph) @ 00:36
Wind Direction: SW - 225.0°

Temp (Now): 3.4°C
Temp (Avg today): 5.4 °C
Temp (Max today): @ 
Temp (Min today): 3.0 °C @ 05:40
Windchill: -2.6°C
Apparent Temp: -5.6°C
Dew Point: 0.8°C
Relative Humidity: 83%

Rainfall (hour): 0.3 mm
Rainfall (today): 2.4 mm
Rainfall (month): 85.2 mm
Rain Days: 15

4.4mm of rain in a few minutes around 1am. it cooled abruptly then too (from 12.2C to 9.5C) but back up to 10.6C now.

Overcast, damp and breezy, 7.8mm rain overnight.

Temp 9.9C/Dew 8.0C

Cloudy, breezy with the odd spot of rain, 10.5

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Gary

Dark, heavy rain, breezy, very mild, 13c.

Stormy! This time not the wind but lightning and thunder. Power has been off and on this morning. Back on at the moment but so is our generator 

We also have lots of snow on the mountains, substantial cover with some down low, maybe 150m or so....

Overcast but dry, down to 5.4C now.

Wind  S.W. Gusting 24.0 kmh  At 11:20.   Temperature 11.3c. Humidity 92 %.   Showery. Some heavy.

The wind has sporadically knocked out power supplies over the past few days, today it was the turn of lightning to take it's toll. And more wild weather is on the way....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-25399237

8.1c. Southerly breeze 9,7 km/h. Gust. Light showers.

Cloudy 6.9c

Moving house to Nethy Bridge near Aviemore in the new year, certainly be good to see some proper winter weather.

Heavy rain.
temp 10.2c

Cloudy, cooler than earlier on, 8c.

Observations between 9 pm last night and 7.45 pm currently.

LAST NIGHT: Cloudy. Misty over the hills.
THIS MORNING: Amazingly, I got to see a gorgeous-looking orange sunrise, but it lead to overcast skies and a spell of drizzly rain for a time. There was a tinge of brightness to my south by lunchtime.
THIS AFTERNOON: Dull and gloomy.
CURRENT: Raining.     10.6 C.            94% humidity.        Dewpoint: 9.7 C.          Moderate south west winds.      Rising slowly to 1019.3 mb.

WINDS: Fresh south west last night, then light to moderate during the day.
AIR QUALITY: Excellent.
VISIBILITY: Good. Poor at times over the hills.
COMFORT FACTOR: Mild. Wet at times.
RAINFALL (in mm):    2.4
TEMPERATURES (in C):        Max: 11.1 at 5.15 am.        Min: 10.1 at 10.45 am.
PRESSURE (in mb):           Max: 1019.7 at 9.30 pm last night.        Min: 1016.9 at 6.15 am.

Well, we've had everything but the kitchen sink - and sunshine - thrown at us today. Very squally showers bringing rain, hail, sleet and above about 150m, snow. The mountains look stunning with good cover. It has been windy all day with galesfor the most part, but storm force gusts in the squalls (over 60mph). We've had multiple lightning storms as well, one strike this morning took out 18,000 electricity users, including the mainline that supplies Skye and all the Western Isles. We've also seen lightning falshes this evening. And there is more bad weather to come tomorrow evening, with gusts to 70mph overnight into Wednesday once again. Thursday  also looks wild though some speculation on track, and then Friday / Saturday sees speeds of around 60 or 70mph yet again. Phew....never a dull moment 

Shulista, Isle of Skye, Lat: N57:41:20 (57.688757) Lon: W6:19:06 (-6.318203), 40m ASL
Weather readings @ 20:48 on 16-12-2013
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Relative Pressure: 1003.6 hPa & rising

Wind (Now): 18.0 m/s (40.3 mph) Force 8, Gale
Gust (Now): 23.1 m/s (51.7 mph)
Wind (Ave today): 12.1 m/s (27.1 mph)
Gust (Max today): 28.2 m/s (63.1 mph) @ 10:13
Wind Direction: S - 180.0°

Temp (Now): 7.0°C
Temp (Avg today): 5.9 °C
Temp (Max today): 7.5 °C @ 20:05
Temp (Min today): 3.0 °C @ 05:40
Windchill: 0.7°C
Apparent Temp: -7.4°C
Dew Point: 1.5°C
Relative Humidity: 68%

Rainfall (hour): 0.0 mm
Rainfall (today): 4.5 mm
Rainfall (month): 87.3 mm
Rain Days: 15

raining 7c