CalMac warns ferry passengers on the Ullapool to Stornoway route in the Minch to try to travel on Friday instead of Saturday and Sunday, amid Met Office yellow weather warnings in the Highlands on the final weekend before Christmas
Ferry passengers looking to travel over the final weekend before Christmas have been advised to make their journey on Friday instead.
CalMac issued the advice to Ullapool-Stornoway ferry passengers on Thursday, ahead of strong gales and multiple Met Office weather warnings at the weekend.
Three separate yellow weather alerts will be in force in the Highlands and Islands on Saturday and Sunday - with gusts of up to 80mph forecast on exposed coasts and hills, and up to 60mph "quite widely elsewhere".
Following those warnings, CalMac has warned that multiple sailings are "liable to disruption or cancellation at short notice" and the ferry operator has instead advised "all passengers" to "travel on Friday, December 20 where possible".
At the time of writing, the sailings at risk of disruption this weekend include the 7am and 2.30pm departures from Stornoway on Saturday, the 10.30am and 6pm sailings from Ullapool on the same day, as well as the 2.30pm crossing from Stornoway on Sunday and the 6.30pm return from Ullapool the same day.
The overnight freight ferries are also at risk of disruption.
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