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Scarista (Na h-Eileanan Siar) weather

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Forecast days

Light showers.
Beach safety today
Use caution in the sea. Waves can be bigger or stronger than you expect, strong rips likely, strong wind may blow you off course
  • • unsafe for novice surfers
  • • paddle boarding/kayaking not recommended at any level

Tide: Next high tide (3.9m) at

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    7 day forecast for Scarista

    Today (10 January 2026)
    Time
    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 Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Light shower night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Cloudy Light rain Light rain Heavy rain Heavy rain
    Chance of precipitation
    80%
    80%
    60%
    70%
    60%
    60%
    40%
    40%
    30%
    60%
    90%
    ≥95%
    ≥95%
    Temperature
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed
    SW
    15
    SSW
    16
    SW
    16
    SW
    16
    SW
    15
    SW
    14
    SSW
    13
    SSW
    13
    SSW
    13
    S
    14
    S
    18
    S
    22
    S
    27
    Wind gust (mph)
    33
    33
    32
    30
    28
    28
    26
    27
    27
    30
    37
    42
    49
    Visibility
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    M
    M
    Humidity
    88%
    87%
    85%
    84%
    85%
    85%
    85%
    84%
    85%
    84%
    85%
    90%
    89%
    UV 1 1 1 1 1 1 - - - - - - -
    Wind direction and speed
    15
    16
    16
    16
    15
    14
    13
    13
    13
    14
    18
    22
    27
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.5
    0.5
    0.5
    0.5
    0.5
    0.5
    0.5
    0.5
    0.5
    0.5
    0.4
    0.3
    0.3
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    12
    12
    12
    12
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    10
    Direction of waves offshore
    Sunday (11 January 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 Heavy rain Heavy rain Heavy rain Heavy rain Heavy rain Heavy rain Heavy rain Heavy rain Heavy rain Heavy rain Heavy rain Heavy rain Heavy rain Heavy rain Heavy rain Heavy rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Heavy rain Heavy rain Heavy rain Heavy rain Light rain
    Chance of precipitation
    ≥95%
    ≥95%
    ≥95%
    ≥95%
    ≥95%
    ≥95%
    ≥95%
    ≥95%
    ≥95%
    90%
    90%
    90%
    90%
    90%
    90%
    80%
    80%
    80%
    80%
    90%
    ≥95%
    ≥95%
    90%
    60%
    Temperature (°C)
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    -1°
    -2°
    -2°
    -1°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    S
    32
    SSE
    36
    SSE
    39
    SSE
    41
    SSE
    41
    SSE
    40
    S
    37
    S
    34
    S
    31
    S
    28
    S
    27
    S
    25
    S
    24
    S
    23
    S
    23
    S
    23
    S
    24
    S
    24
    SSE
    25
    SSE
    26
    SSE
    27
    SSE
    29
    SSE
    30
    SSE
    30
    Wind gust (mph)
    53
    56
    62
    64
    63
    60
    53
    45
    44
    41
    38
    36
    35
    35
    34
    35
    33
    35
    36
    37
    39
    40
    42
    42
    Visibility (description)
    M
    M
    P
    P
    P
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    G
    M
    M
    M
    M
    G
    Humidity
    91%
    92%
    93%
    93%
    93%
    93%
    93%
    95%
    95%
    95%
    96%
    96%
    97%
    96%
    96%
    97%
    97%
    97%
    97%
    95%
    94%
    93%
    93%
    92%
    UV - - - - - - - - - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - - - - - - -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    32
    36
    39
    41
    41
    40
    37
    34
    31
    28
    27
    25
    24
    23
    23
    23
    24
    24
    25
    26
    27
    29
    30
    30
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.3
    0.8
    0.9
    1.0
    1.0
    0.9
    0.9
    0.8
    0.8
    0.7
    0.6
    0.6
    0.3
    0.3
    0.2
    0.3
    0.3
    0.3
    0.3
    0.3
    0.3
    0.4
    0.4
    0.3
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    10
    3
    3
    3
    3
    3
    3
    3
    3
    3
    3
    3
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    11
    12
    12
    12
    12
    12
    12
    Direction of waves offshore
    Monday (12 January 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 Light rain Heavy rain Heavy rain Heavy rain Heavy rain Heavy rain Heavy rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Heavy rain Light rain Light shower day Light rain Light shower day Light shower day Light shower night Light shower night Light shower night Light shower night Light shower night Light shower night Overcast Light shower night
    Chance of precipitation
    70%
    90%
    90%
    90%
    ≥95%
    90%
    90%
    80%
    80%
    80%
    80%
    80%
    80%
    70%
    70%
    70%
    60%
    60%
    60%
    50%
    50%
    50%
    50%
    50%
    Temperature (°C)
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    S
    31
    S
    32
    S
    34
    S
    33
    S
    31
    S
    29
    SSW
    28
    SSW
    28
    SSW
    28
    SSW
    27
    SW
    27
    SW
    26
    SW
    26
    SW
    26
    SW
    26
    SW
    26
    SW
    25
    SW
    24
    WSW
    24
    WSW
    24
    WSW
    24
    WSW
    23
    SW
    22
    SW
    21
    Wind gust (mph)
    45
    44
    42
    42
    43
    44
    40
    37
    44
    44
    41
    38
    39
    39
    35
    38
    36
    35
    33
    34
    34
    33
    32
    28
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    VG
    M
    M
    M
    M
    G
    VG
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    Humidity
    88%
    88%
    88%
    88%
    88%
    88%
    88%
    90%
    89%
    90%
    91%
    91%
    91%
    88%
    86%
    85%
    87%
    86%
    85%
    85%
    85%
    84%
    84%
    90%
    UV - - - - - - - - - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - - - - - - -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    31
    32
    34
    33
    31
    29
    28
    28
    28
    27
    27
    26
    26
    26
    26
    26
    25
    24
    24
    24
    24
    23
    22
    21
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.3
    0.3
    0.3
    0.3
    0.3
    0.2
    0.2
    0.3
    0.3
    0.4
    0.5
    0.6
    0.6
    0.7
    0.8
    0.8
    0.9
    0.9
    0.9
    3.2
    3.1
    2.9
    2.8
    2.7
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    12
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    7
    8
    9
    10
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    Direction of waves offshore
    Tuesday (13 January 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 Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Light shower night Light shower night Light shower night Light shower night Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Light shower night Light shower night Light shower night Light shower night Light shower night Light shower night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    70%
    70%
    70%
    70%
    80%
    80%
    80%
    70%
    70%
    70%
    60%
    60%
    70%
    70%
    70%
    70%
    60%
    60%
    50%
    50%
    60%
    50%
    50%
    50%
    Temperature (°C)
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SW
    20
    SW
    19
    WSW
    19
    W
    19
    W
    19
    W
    19
    W
    19
    WNW
    18
    WNW
    18
    WNW
    17
    WNW
    17
    WNW
    17
    W
    17
    WNW
    16
    WNW
    16
    W
    17
    WNW
    16
    W
    15
    W
    15
    W
    15
    W
    14
    W
    13
    WSW
    13
    WSW
    12
    Wind gust (mph)
    28
    26
    28
    33
    33
    35
    34
    30
    29
    30
    28
    28
    30
    30
    30
    30
    30
    28
    27
    27
    29
    26
    22
    21
    Visibility (description)
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    Humidity
    88%
    90%
    88%
    90%
    91%
    89%
    88%
    87%
    87%
    86%
    86%
    84%
    84%
    85%
    85%
    83%
    80%
    83%
    80%
    79%
    81%
    84%
    81%
    83%
    UV - - - - - - - - - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - - - - - - -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    20
    19
    19
    19
    19
    19
    19
    18
    18
    17
    17
    17
    17
    16
    16
    17
    16
    15
    15
    15
    14
    13
    13
    12
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    2.7
    2.6
    2.5
    2.5
    2.4
    2.4
    2.4
    2.5
    2.7
    2.8
    2.9
    3.1
    3.5
    3.8
    4.1
    4.2
    4.1
    3.9
    3.8
    3.6
    3.5
    3.3
    3.2
    3.0
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    12
    12
    12
    12
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    10
    Direction of waves offshore
    Wednesday (14 January 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 Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Overcast Overcast Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Heavy rain Heavy rain Light rain Light rain Light shower night Light shower night Light shower night Light shower night Light shower night Light shower night Light shower night
    Chance of precipitation
    40%
    40%
    50%
    50%
    50%
    50%
    40%
    50%
    50%
    60%
    70%
    80%
    80%
    80%
    80%
    80%
    80%
    70%
    60%
    70%
    70%
    70%
    70%
    80%
    Temperature (°C)
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SW
    12
    SW
    12
    SW
    12
    SSW
    12
    SSW
    12
    SSW
    13
    SSW
    14
    S
    15
    S
    16
    S
    18
    S
    20
    S
    22
    S
    22
    S
    23
    S
    23
    S
    23
    S
    21
    S
    19
    S
    18
    SSW
    17
    SSW
    15
    S
    14
    SSW
    14
    S
    14
    Wind gust (mph)
    21
    21
    20
    21
    23
    21
    23
    25
    26
    28
    33
    35
    37
    39
    37
    30
    28
    28
    28
    29
    28
    27
    26
    28
    Visibility (description)
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    VG
    G
    G
    M
    M
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    82%
    84%
    84%
    85%
    85%
    84%
    81%
    81%
    82%
    84%
    87%
    89%
    90%
    91%
    92%
    92%
    92%
    92%
    91%
    91%
    92%
    91%
    90%
    91%
    UV - - - - - - - - - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - - - - - - -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    12
    12
    12
    12
    12
    13
    14
    15
    16
    18
    20
    22
    22
    23
    23
    23
    21
    19
    18
    17
    15
    14
    14
    14
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    2.9
    2.8
    2.6
    2.5
    2.4
    2.3
    2.2
    2.1
    2.0
    1.9
    1.9
    1.9
    1.9
    1.9
    1.9
    1.9
    1.9
    2.0
    2.0
    2.0
    2.0
    2.0
    1.9
    1.9
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    10
    10
    11
    11
    11
    11
    12
    Direction of waves offshore
    Thursday (15 January 2026)
    Time
    00:00
    03:00
    06:00
    09:00
    12:00
    15:00
    18:00
    21:00
    Weather symbols Light shower night Light shower night Light shower night Light shower day Light shower day Light shower night Light shower night Light shower night
    Chance of precipitation
    70%
    70%
    60%
    60%
    60%
    60%
    50%
    60%
    Temperature (°C)
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SSW
    13
    SSW
    12
    S
    11
    S
    11
    S
    13
    S
    12
    S
    12
    SSE
    11
    Wind gust (mph)
    23
    22
    20
    19
    20
    16
    16
    12
    Visibility (description)
    G
    VG
    G
    G
    VG
    VG
    G
    G
    Humidity
    92%
    91%
    92%
    92%
    89%
    88%
    93%
    92%
    UV - - - 1 1 1 - -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    13
    12
    11
    11
    13
    12
    12
    11
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    1.8
    1.9
    2.1
    2.6
    3.0
    3.1
    3.1
    3.1
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    12
    12
    12
    18
    17
    17
    17
    16
    Direction of waves offshore
    Friday (16 January 2026)
    Time
    00:00
    03:00
    06:00
    09:00
    12:00
    15:00
    18:00
    21:00
    Weather symbols Light shower night Light shower night Partly cloudy night Light shower day Light shower day Light shower night Partly cloudy night Light shower night
    Chance of precipitation
    60%
    60%
    50%
    50%
    60%
    50%
    50%
    50%
    Temperature (°C)
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SSE
    12
    SSE
    11
    S
    10
    SW
    11
    SW
    12
    WSW
    13
    W
    13
    WSW
    12
    Wind gust (mph)
    13
    12
    11
    14
    13
    14
    14
    13
    Visibility (description)
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    Humidity
    92%
    93%
    93%
    94%
    91%
    91%
    93%
    93%
    UV - - - 1 1 1 - -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    12
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    3.0
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    16
    Direction of waves offshore

    Tide times

    Saturday 10 January

    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 10 January

    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 10 January

    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 10 January

    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 11 January

    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 11 January

    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 11 January

    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 11 January

    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 12 January

    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 12 January

    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 12 January

    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 12 January

    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 13 January

    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 13 January

    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 13 January

    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 13 January

    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 14 January

    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 14 January

    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 14 January

    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 14 January

    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 15 January

    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 15 January

    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 15 January

    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 15 January

    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 16 January

    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 16 January

    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 16 January

    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 16 January

    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:

    Scattered showers on Saturday, drier and brighter spells in east.

    Today:

    Mostly cloudy and breezy with scattered showers, heavy at times and wintry in the east. Showers mainly over the Western Isles with longer dry and bright spells further inland. Cold for most but milder over Western Isles. Maximum temperature 6 °C.

    Tonight:

    Cloudy with showers, then a band of heavy rain and snow spreads northeast overnight. Snow mainly on higher ground but some to lower levels also. Strong winds with gale risk. Minimum temperature -5 °C.

    Sunday:

    Cloudy with outbreaks of rain and snow. Snow falling through the morning, mainly to high ground, before turning to rain with some drier interludes developing later. Strong winds. Turning milder. Maximum temperature 8 °C.

    Outlook for Monday to Wednesday:

    Milder than recent days and remaining unsettled with outbreaks of rain and hill snow interspersed with dry and bright or sunny spells. Strong winds and gale risk Monday, easing Tuesday.

    Updated:

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