Scarista (Na h-Eileanan Siar) weather

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Forecast days

Cloudy changing to heavy rain by nighttime.
Beach safety today
Large, powerful waves and strong wind
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    8 day forecast for Scarista

    Today (26 April 2025)
    Time
    18:00
    19:00
    20:00
    21:00
    22:00
    23:00
    Weather symbols Sunny intervals Cloudy Cloudy Light rain Heavy rain Heavy rain
    Chance of precipitation
    <5%
    <5%
    20%
    50%
    80%
    90%
    Temperature
    11°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    10°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed
    S
    19
    S
    18
    SSE
    17
    SSE
    17
    SSE
    18
    SSE
    20
    Wind gust (mph)
    25
    25
    26
    28
    30
    33
    Visibility
    G
    G
    VG
    VG
    G
    M
    Humidity
    89%
    92%
    91%
    91%
    90%
    92%
    UV 1 1 1 1 - -
    Wind direction and speed
    19
    18
    17
    17
    18
    20
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    1.2
    1.2
    1.2
    1.3
    1.3
    1.3
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    12
    12
    12
    12
    12
    12
    Direction of waves offshore
    Sunday (27 April 2025)
    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 Heavy rain Heavy rain Heavy rain Heavy rain Light rain Light rain Light shower day Cloudy Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Cloudy Cloudy Overcast Light rain Light rain Heavy rain Heavy rain Heavy rain Light rain Light rain Light rain
    Chance of precipitation
    ≥95%
    ≥95%
    ≥95%
    90%
    90%
    80%
    50%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    30%
    40%
    50%
    60%
    80%
    80%
    90%
    ≥95%
    90%
    80%
    80%
    Temperature (°C)
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    10°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    10°
    10°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SSE
    23
    SSE
    25
    S
    26
    S
    25
    S
    23
    S
    21
    SSW
    20
    SSW
    18
    SSW
    17
    SW
    17
    SW
    16
    SW
    16
    SW
    15
    SW
    15
    SW
    14
    SSW
    13
    SSW
    12
    S
    11
    S
    12
    S
    14
    S
    14
    S
    15
    S
    16
    SSW
    17
    Wind gust (mph)
    36
    38
    38
    38
    36
    33
    31
    29
    28
    26
    25
    23
    22
    21
    19
    18
    18
    18
    19
    17
    16
    17
    17
    17
    Visibility (description)
    P
    P
    P
    M
    M
    M
    G
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    Humidity
    93%
    95%
    96%
    96%
    97%
    98%
    97%
    94%
    92%
    88%
    86%
    83%
    81%
    81%
    80%
    82%
    88%
    91%
    94%
    96%
    96%
    96%
    96%
    97%
    UV - - - - - 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 - -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    23
    25
    26
    25
    23
    21
    20
    19
    17
    17
    16
    16
    16
    15
    14
    13
    12
    12
    12
    13
    13
    14
    15
    19
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    1.3
    1.4
    1.4
    1.5
    1.6
    1.7
    1.7
    1.6
    1.7
    1.7
    1.6
    1.6
    1.5
    1.5
    1.5
    1.4
    1.4
    1.4
    1.4
    1.4
    1.5
    1.5
    1.6
    1.6
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    12
    12
    12
    12
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    9
    Direction of waves offshore
    Monday (28 April 2025)
    Time
    00:00
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Overcast Overcast Overcast Cloudy
    Chance of precipitation
    80%
    70%
    80%
    70%
    60%
    40%
    40%
    20%
    20%
    Temperature (°C)
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    11°
    11°
    12°
    11°
    11°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SSW
    17
    SSW
    17
    SW
    15
    SSW
    12
    SSW
    12
    SSW
    14
    SW
    14
    SSW
    13
    SSW
    10
    Wind gust (mph)
    12
    16
    15
    12
    15
    17
    19
    15
    15
    Visibility (description)
    M
    M
    M
    M
    G
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    97%
    97%
    98%
    98%
    97%
    96%
    94%
    95%
    97%
    UV - - - 1 2 2 1 1 -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    19
    19
    17
    14
    14
    14
    14
    13
    10
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    1.7
    1.7
    1.6
    1.4
    1.2
    1.2
    1.2
    1.2
    1.1
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    9
    9
    9
    9
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    Direction of waves offshore
    Tuesday (29 April 2025)
    Time
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Cloudy Partly cloudy night Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    10%
    10%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    Temperature (°C)
    10°
    10°
    10°
    11°
    12°
    13°
    12°
    11°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    10°
    11°
    10°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    S
    9
    S
    9
    S
    7
    SSW
    9
    SSW
    10
    SW
    10
    S
    9
    SSE
    9
    Wind gust (mph)
    16
    14
    12
    10
    12
    11
    10
    11
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    97%
    96%
    93%
    88%
    84%
    80%
    83%
    85%
    UV - - 1 2 4 2 1 -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    9
    9
    8
    9
    10
    9
    9
    8
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    1.1
    1.2
    1.2
    1.2
    1.2
    1.2
    1.2
    1.1
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    10
    10
    10
    10
    12
    12
    11
    11
    Direction of waves offshore
    Wednesday (30 April 2025)
    Time
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Cloudy
    Chance of precipitation
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    10%
    10%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    Temperature (°C)
    10°
    10°
    10°
    12°
    12°
    13°
    12°
    10°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    10°
    11°
    10°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SSE
    11
    SSE
    11
    S
    11
    S
    13
    SSW
    14
    SW
    13
    WSW
    11
    SW
    7
    Wind gust (mph)
    14
    15
    17
    18
    18
    17
    13
    10
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    G
    Humidity
    85%
    87%
    89%
    85%
    84%
    84%
    91%
    95%
    UV - - 1 2 4 2 1 -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    11
    11
    11
    14
    14
    13
    10
    7
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    1.1
    1.1
    1.0
    1.0
    1.0
    0.9
    0.9
    0.9
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    11
    10
    10
    10
    10
    9
    9
    9
    Direction of waves offshore
    Thursday (1 May 2025)
    Time
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    Temperature (°C)
    10°
    10°
    11°
    12°
    11°
    10°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    WSW
    7
    W
    8
    WNW
    8
    WNW
    11
    NW
    12
    NW
    12
    NW
    11
    NNW
    8
    Wind gust (mph)
    10
    10
    12
    15
    17
    16
    13
    7
    Visibility (description)
    G
    G
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    94%
    92%
    90%
    78%
    70%
    69%
    72%
    79%
    UV - - 1 2 4 2 1 -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    8
    8
    9
    11
    12
    12
    11
    8
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.9
    1.3
    1.8
    2.2
    2.4
    2.4
    2.3
    2.2
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    9
    15
    15
    14
    14
    14
    13
    13
    Direction of waves offshore
    Friday (2 May 2025)
    Time
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Clear night
    Chance of precipitation
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    Temperature (°C)
    11°
    12°
    13°
    12°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    10°
    10°
    10°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    N
    6
    N
    6
    NNE
    6
    NNE
    9
    NNE
    10
    NE
    11
    NE
    10
    NE
    7
    Wind gust (mph)
    6
    6
    11
    15
    15
    13
    11
    7
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    85%
    87%
    84%
    68%
    63%
    60%
    67%
    83%
    UV - - 1 2 4 2 1 -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    6
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    2.0
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    12
    Direction of waves offshore
    Saturday (3 May 2025)
    Time
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Clear night Clear night Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    Temperature (°C)
    11°
    13°
    14°
    13°
    11°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    10°
    11°
    12°
    11°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    NE
    6
    ENE
    6
    ENE
    5
    E
    8
    E
    9
    E
    10
    NNE
    9
    NE
    6
    Wind gust (mph)
    5
    6
    8
    12
    14
    12
    8
    6
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    G
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    88%
    91%
    87%
    73%
    66%
    63%
    69%
    85%
    UV - - 1 3 4 2 1 -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    Direction of waves offshore

    Tide times

    Saturday 26 April

    Tide times and heights are from Leverburgh tidal station which is 4.3 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Saturday 26 April

    Tide times and heights are from Leverburgh tidal station which is 4.3 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Saturday 26 April

    Tide times and heights are from Leverburgh tidal station which is 4.3 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Saturday 26 April

    Tide times and heights are from Leverburgh tidal station which is 4.3 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Sunday 27 April

    Tide times and heights are from Leverburgh tidal station which is 4.3 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Sunday 27 April

    Tide times and heights are from Leverburgh tidal station which is 4.3 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Sunday 27 April

    Tide times and heights are from Leverburgh tidal station which is 4.3 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Sunday 27 April

    Tide times and heights are from Leverburgh tidal station which is 4.3 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Monday 28 April

    Tide times and heights are from Leverburgh tidal station which is 4.3 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Monday 28 April

    Tide times and heights are from Leverburgh tidal station which is 4.3 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Monday 28 April

    Tide times and heights are from Leverburgh tidal station which is 4.3 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Monday 28 April

    Tide times and heights are from Leverburgh tidal station which is 4.3 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Tuesday 29 April

    Tide times and heights are from Leverburgh tidal station which is 4.3 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Tuesday 29 April

    Tide times and heights are from Leverburgh tidal station which is 4.3 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Tuesday 29 April

    Tide times and heights are from Leverburgh tidal station which is 4.3 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Tuesday 29 April

    Tide times and heights are from Leverburgh tidal station which is 4.3 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Wednesday 30 April

    Tide times and heights are from Leverburgh tidal station which is 4.3 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Wednesday 30 April

    Tide times and heights are from Leverburgh tidal station which is 4.3 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Wednesday 30 April

    Tide times and heights are from Leverburgh tidal station which is 4.3 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Wednesday 30 April

    Tide times and heights are from Leverburgh tidal station which is 4.3 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Thursday 1 May

    Tide times and heights are from Leverburgh tidal station which is 4.3 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Thursday 1 May

    Tide times and heights are from Leverburgh tidal station which is 4.3 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Thursday 1 May

    Tide times and heights are from Leverburgh tidal station which is 4.3 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Thursday 1 May

    Tide times and heights are from Leverburgh tidal station which is 4.3 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Friday 2 May

    Tide times and heights are from Leverburgh tidal station which is 4.3 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Friday 2 May

    Tide times and heights are from Leverburgh tidal station which is 4.3 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Friday 2 May

    Tide times and heights are from Leverburgh tidal station which is 4.3 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Friday 2 May

    Tide times and heights are from Leverburgh tidal station which is 4.3 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Saturday 3 May

    Tide times and heights are from Leverburgh tidal station which is 4.3 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Saturday 3 May

    Tide times and heights are from Leverburgh tidal station which is 4.3 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Saturday 3 May

    Tide times and heights are from Leverburgh tidal station which is 4.3 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Saturday 3 May

    Tide times and heights are from Leverburgh tidal station which is 4.3 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

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    Highlands & Eilean Siar weather forecast

    Headline:

    North mainly dry Sunday, cloudy elsewhere with patchy rain.

    This Evening and Tonight:

    Evening showers will soon clear to leave the night dry with clear spells. Outbreaks of rain, some persistent and heavy, spread northeast during the early hours, Minimum temperature 6 °C.

    Sunday:

    North Highland and Western Isles dry with some bright spells, rain returning later in the afternoon. Cloudy elsewhere with rain spreading northeast, patchy in the east. Maximum temperature 16 °C.

    Outlook for Monday to Wednesday:

    Rain in the northwest on Monday, dry and rather cloudy elsewhere. Dry on Tuesday and Wednesday on with some warm sunshine.

    Updated:

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