Sound of Barra (Na h-Eileanan Siar) weather

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Today

Maximum daytime temperature: 7° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 3° Celsius;

Sunrise: 08:01

Sunset: 17:28

Partly cloudy changing to sunny intervals by late morning.

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L Pollution

No pollen data.

Today

Maximum daytime temperature: 7° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 3° Celsius;
Sun 15 Feb

Maximum daytime temperature: 8° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 3° Celsius;

Sunrise: 07:58

Sunset: 17:30

Light showers.

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L Pollution

No pollen data.

Sun 15 Feb

Maximum daytime temperature: 8° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 3° Celsius;
Mon 16 Feb

Maximum daytime temperature: 7° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 0° Celsius;

Sunrise: 07:56

Sunset: 17:32

Light showers changing to partly cloudy by nighttime.

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L Pollution

No pollen data.

Mon 16 Feb

Maximum daytime temperature: 7° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 0° Celsius;
Tue 17 Feb

Maximum daytime temperature: 6° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 2° Celsius;

Sunrise: 07:54

Sunset: 17:34

Partly cloudy changing to sunny by late morning.

L UV

L Pollution

No pollen data.

Tue 17 Feb

Maximum daytime temperature: 6° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 2° Celsius;
Wed 18 Feb

Maximum daytime temperature: 6° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 3° Celsius;

Sunrise: 07:51

Sunset: 17:37

Partly cloudy changing to sunny intervals by late morning.

L UV

L Pollution

No pollen data.

Wed 18 Feb

Maximum daytime temperature: 6° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 3° Celsius;
Thu 19 Feb

Maximum daytime temperature: 6° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 4° Celsius;

Sunrise: 07:49

Sunset: 17:39

Cloudy.

L UV

No pollution data.

No pollen data.

Thu 19 Feb

Maximum daytime temperature: 6° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 4° Celsius;
Fri 20 Feb

Maximum daytime temperature: 7° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 6° Celsius;

Sunrise: 07:46

Sunset: 17:41

Overcast.

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No pollution data.

No pollen data.

Fri 20 Feb

Maximum daytime temperature: 7° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 6° Celsius;

Partly cloudy changing to sunny intervals by late morning.

Sunrise: 08:01

Sunset: 17:28

L UV

L Pollution

No pollen data.

7 day forecast for Sound of Barra

Today (14 February 2026)

Time	05:00	06:00	07:00	08:00	09:00	10:00	11:00	12:00	13:00	14:00	15:00	16:00	17:00	18:00	19:00	20:00	21:00	22:00	23:00
Weather symbols
Chance of precipitation	20%	40%	40%	20%	10%	10%	10%	20%	20%	30%	20%	<5%	<5%	20%	70%	≥95%	≥95%	≥95%	≥95%
Temperature (°C)	2°	3°	3°	4°	4°	5°	6°	6°	6°	6°	6°	6°	6°	6°	5°	5°	4°	4°	4°
Feels like temperature (°C)	-2°	-1°	-1°	-1°	0°	0°	1°	1°	1°	1°	1°	0°	0°	0°	-1°	-2°	-3°	-4°	-3°
Wind direction and speed (mph)	S 8	SSW 11	SSW 13	SSW 14	SSW 15	SSW 17	SSW 19	SSW 20	SSW 22	S 23	S 25	S 26	S 27	S 29	S 32	SSE 34	SSE 36	SSE 39	SSE 39
Wind gust (mph)	17	20	22	24	26	27	29	32	35	36	38	41	43	46	50	55	59	61	60
Visibility (description)	E	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	G	M	M	M	M
Humidity	64%	65%	67%	66%	64%	64%	64%	66%	67%	69%	67%	66%	65%	64%	65%	74%	86%	87%	86%
UV	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-

Sunday (15 February 2026)

Time	00:00	01:00	02:00	03:00	04:00	05:00	06:00	07:00	08:00	09:00	10:00	11:00	12:00	13:00	14:00	15:00	16:00	17:00	18:00	19:00	20:00	21:00	22:00	23:00
Weather symbols
Chance of precipitation	≥95%	90%	90%	80%	80%	90%	90%	90%	80%	80%	80%	80%	70%	70%	60%	60%	70%	80%	90%	90%	90%	90%	90%	90%
Temperature (°C)	5°	6°	7°	7°	7°	7°	6°	7°	6°	6°	7°	7°	7°	7°	7°	7°	7°	6°	6°	6°	6°	6°	5°	5°
Feels like temperature (°C)	-2°	1°	2°	3°	3°	3°	2°	2°	2°	2°	3°	3°	3°	3°	3°	3°	3°	2°	2°	2°	2°	2°	2°	2°
Wind direction and speed (mph)	S 37	S 29	SW 23	SW 21	SW 20	SW 19	SW 17	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 15	SW 15	SW 15	SW 14	SW 15	WSW 14	SW 13	SW 13	SW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SW 11	SW 11	WSW 12
Wind gust (mph)	53	44	37	34	33	32	31	31	30	29	26	27	25	24	25	23	22	24	23	22	22	24	23	23
Visibility (description)	M	M	G	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG
Humidity	86%	86%	81%	81%	80%	77%	80%	82%	77%	79%	80%	79%	78%	77%	77%	79%	79%	81%	83%	83%	84%	82%	82%	81%
UV	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-

Monday (16 February 2026)

Time	00:00	01:00	02:00	03:00	04:00	05:00	06:00	07:00	08:00	09:00	10:00	11:00	12:00	13:00	14:00	15:00	16:00	17:00	18:00	19:00	20:00	21:00	22:00	23:00
Weather symbols
Chance of precipitation	90%	90%	90%	80%	70%	60%	50%	50%	50%	50%	50%	60%	70%	70%	60%	60%	60%	70%	60%	50%	50%	50%	40%	30%
Temperature (°C)	5°	5°	5°	5°	5°	5°	5°	5°	5°	5°	6°	6°	6°	6°	6°	6°	5°	4°	4°	4°	4°	3°	3°	3°
Feels like temperature (°C)	2°	2°	1°	1°	1°	1°	1°	1°	0°	1°	1°	1°	1°	1°	1°	0°	-1°	-1°	-2°	-2°	-2°	-2°	-3°	-3°
Wind direction and speed (mph)	WSW 12	W 12	W 11	WNW 11	WNW 10	WNW 10	NW 12	NW 14	NW 14	NW 15	NW 16	NNW 16	NNW 18	NNW 20	NNW 23	NNW 23	NNW 22	N 21	N 21	N 22	N 21	N 20	N 20	NNW 19
Wind gust (mph)	23	24	22	22	21	23	25	27	27	28	31	31	36	38	41	40	40	40	40	41	39	41	39	37
Visibility (description)	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	G	G	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG
Humidity	82%	82%	82%	82%	82%	82%	81%	79%	78%	79%	76%	78%	78%	77%	75%	75%	75%	76%	76%	73%	74%	71%	71%	70%
UV	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-

Tuesday (17 February 2026)

Time	00:00	01:00	02:00	03:00	04:00	05:00	06:00	07:00	08:00	09:00	10:00	11:00	12:00	13:00	14:00	15:00	16:00	17:00	18:00	19:00	20:00	21:00	22:00	23:00
Weather symbols
Chance of precipitation	40%	20%	20%	20%	30%	20%	20%	20%	20%	10%	10%	10%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	10%	10%	10%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	10%
Temperature (°C)	3°	3°	2°	2°	2°	2°	2°	2°	2°	3°	4°	5°	5°	5°	5°	5°	5°	4°	3°	3°	3°	3°	3°	3°
Feels like temperature (°C)	-3°	-3°	-3°	-3°	-2°	-2°	-2°	-2°	-2°	-1°	0°	1°	2°	2°	2°	2°	1°	0°	-1°	-2°	-2°	-2°	-2°	-2°
Wind direction and speed (mph)	N 18	N 16	N 15	N 14	N 13	N 12	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 10	N 10	NNE 10	NNE 11	NE 11	NE 11	ENE 11	ENE 12	ENE 13	NE 14	ENE 15	ENE 15	ENE 16	ENE 16	E 16
Wind gust (mph)	35	32	30	30	29	28	27	26	23	23	21	19	19	20	19	18	20	23	25	24	25	26	27	24
Visibility (description)	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	E	VG	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	VG	VG	E	E	E	VG	VG
Humidity	70%	69%	67%	66%	66%	67%	66%	70%	69%	66%	63%	59%	56%	55%	54%	54%	54%	55%	57%	58%	58%	58%	59%	60%
UV	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-

Wednesday (18 February 2026)

Time	00:00	01:00	02:00	03:00	04:00	05:00	06:00	07:00	08:00	09:00	10:00	11:00	12:00	13:00	14:00	15:00	16:00	17:00	18:00	19:00	20:00	21:00	22:00	23:00
Weather symbols
Chance of precipitation	10%	10%	<5%	<5%	10%	<5%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	20%	20%	20%	20%	20%	20%	20%	20%	10%
Temperature (°C)	3°	3°	3°	3°	3°	3°	3°	3°	3°	4°	4°	5°	5°	5°	5°	5°	5°	5°	4°	4°	4°	4°	4°	4°
Feels like temperature (°C)	-2°	-2°	-3°	-3°	-3°	-2°	-2°	-2°	-2°	-1°	-1°	0°	0°	0°	0°	0°	0°	-1°	-1°	-1°	-1°	-1°	-1°	-1°
Wind direction and speed (mph)	ENE 16	ENE 16	E 16	E 17	E 17	E 16	E 15	E 15	E 16	E 16	E 17	E 17	E 18	E 19	E 19	ENE 19	ENE 19	ENE 19	ENE 20	ENE 20	ENE 19	E 19	E 19	ESE 19
Wind gust (mph)	23	25	28	27	26	25	23	23	23	23	25	25	27	27	28	29	29	27	25	27	29	29	27	27
Visibility (description)	VG	VG	VG	E	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG
Humidity	61%	61%	61%	61%	62%	62%	62%	61%	61%	62%	62%	62%	61%	61%	62%	62%	60%	61%	62%	63%	64%	63%	63%	64%
UV	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-

Thursday (19 February 2026)

Time	00:00	03:00	06:00	09:00	12:00	15:00	18:00	21:00
Weather symbols
Chance of precipitation	10%	10%	10%	20%	20%	20%	20%	30%
Temperature (°C)	4°	4°	4°	5°	5°	6°	5°	5°
Feels like temperature (°C)	-1°	-1°	-1°	-1°	0°	0°	0°	0°
Wind direction and speed (mph)	ESE 19	ESE 19	W 20	SSE 21	SSW 21	SW 22	WSW 20	SW 19
Wind gust (mph)	29	29	30	32	32	32	30	28
Visibility (description)	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG
Humidity	64%	65%	65%	64%	65%	66%	66%	67%
UV	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-

Friday (20 February 2026)

Time	00:00	03:00	06:00	09:00	12:00	15:00	18:00	21:00
Weather symbols
Chance of precipitation	50%	50%	40%	40%	40%	40%	40%	40%
Temperature (°C)	5°	5°	5°	5°	6°	6°	6°	6°
Feels like temperature (°C)	0°	0°	0°	0°	1°	2°	1°	1°
Wind direction and speed (mph)	WSW 18	SW 17	N 19	SSE 21	SSE 20	SE 21	SE 20	SSE 22
Wind gust (mph)	27	28	30	30	31	30	31	33
Visibility (description)	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	G	G	G
Humidity	69%	70%	74%	75%	72%	73%	74%	76%
UV	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-

News

A sunny but cold Valentine's Day for many

Colder air is pushing south across the UK, bringing a brief settled spell for Saturday before further rain and wintry hazards arrive later.

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Highlands & Eilean Siar weather forecast

Headline:

Outbreaks rain western Isles, mostly dry, bright start, soon cloudy.

Today:

Cloudy with outbreaks of rain over the Western Isles otherwise the morning will begin cold with a sharp frost and sunny spells. The day will continue dry as high cloud spreads northeast from the morning. Maximum temperature 4 °C.

Tonight:

The evening will be dry with lowering cloud. Outbreaks of rain and snow will spread northeast from the late evening. Minimum temperature -2 °C.

Sunday:

Early snow will soon clear east to leave showery rain with bright spells increasing in the afternoon. Maximum temperature 5 °C.

Outlook for Monday to Wednesday:

Cloudy, frequent wintry showers west Monday. Mostly dry, bright, a few coastal showers west Tuesday. Mostly dry Wednesday, frequent afternoon showers north.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC) on Sat 14 Feb 2026

UK long range weather forecast

Showers or longer spells of rain as well as occasional strong winds are most likely as Atlantic low pressure systems dominate in the vicinity of the UK. Some heavy rain is likely in places, with some snow at times in the north, mainly on high ground. Temperatures varying from around average to cold at times, especially in the north. While unsettled weather is likely to dominate, there will be some drier interludes between weather systems. Later in the period, there is a chance that more prolonged drier and settled conditions may begin to develop.

Updated: 14:00 (UTC) on Fri 13 Feb 2026

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A sunny but cold Valentine's Day for many

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