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Updated: 0732 on Mon 22 Mar 2010
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Weather warnings overview

No severe weather warnings have been issued for Highlands & Eilean Siar

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Latest observations - 0700 on 22 Mar 2010:
Highland & Eilean Siar
Location Weather Temp Wind Vis Pressure / trend
Dir Speed Gust
Altnaharra Low-level Cloud 6.1 °C SE 15 mph 30 mph 40 km 1002 hPa, Falling
Aultbea Medium-level Cloud 7.9 °C ESE 15 mph 30 km 999 hPa, Falling
Aviemore Low-level Cloud 6.8 °C SE 7 mph 50 km 1003 hPa, Falling
Loch Glascarnoch Low-level Cloud 4.4 °C E 10 mph 24 km 1002 hPa, Falling
Skye Lusa Heavy Rain 8.4 °C SSW 14 mph 29 mph 12 km 999 hPa, Falling
South Uist Light Rain 6.8 °C S 31 mph 51 mph 18 km 996 hPa, Falling
Stornoway Light Rain Showers 7.5 °C SE 22 mph 31 mph 9 km 998 hPa, Falling
Tulloch Bridge Heavy Rain 6.6 °C S 10 mph 24 mph 9 km 1003 hPa, Falling
Wick Medium-level Cloud 6.4 °C SE 17 mph 10 km 1004 hPa, Falling

Observations are subject to final quality control after publication on this web site.

More UK observations

24 hours ending 2100 on 21 Mar 2010:
Highland & Eilean Siar
Highest max 11.1 °C Lusa
Lowest max 7.7 °C Dalwhinnie
Lowest min -3.2 °C Dalwhinnie
Highest rainfall 1.2 mm South Uist
Sunniest 5.5 hours Aviemore
Last updated: 2301 on Sun 21 Mar 2010

During snow events, rainfall amounts are subject to error until final quality control is done.


UK last month

February 2010

The month was generally cold with only a few brief milder interludes, mainly in the west and south. There were some sharp frosts and snowfalls, especially over upland areas. High pressure during the second week brought plenty of fine weather, but the remainder of the month was generally unsettled. The last few days brought heavy snowfalls across Highland Scotland. Overall, it was a cold month with mean temperatures 1.0 to 2.0 °C below the 1971-2000 normal over England and Wales, and 2.0 to 2.5 °C below over Scotland and Northern Ireland. Provisionally, it was the coldest February over the UK since 1991.

Rainfall was below normal in most areas, apart from East Anglia, south-east England and some other eastern coastal areas where over twice the normal amount fell. Less than a half of normal fell across much of western Scotland, north-west England and the west of Northern Ireland.

Sunshine totals ranged from below normal across eastern England to well above near many western coasts.

A maximum temperature of 12.3 °C was recorded on 5th at Kew Gardens (Greater London). A minimum temperature of -19.2 °C was recorded on 23rd at Braemar (Aberdeenshire). In the 24 hours ending at 0900 on 26th, 52 mm of rainfall was measured at Benmore, Younger Botanic Garden (Argyll and Bute). 44 cm of lying snow was reported from Aviemore (Highland) at 0900 on 25th.


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