Weather Forecast For Orkney and Shetland
Scattered blustery showers and sunny spells on Wednesday.
This Evening and Tonight:
Frequent heavy showers continuing across the Northern Isles through this evening and overnight, with longer spells of heavy rain over Shetland at first. Strong winds easing overnight. Minimum Temperature 7C.
Wednesday:
Scattered showers, heavy at times, mixed with bright or sunny spells on Wednesday. Strong northwesterly winds giving a cool feel. Maximum Temperature 11C.
Outlook for Thursday to Saturday:
Scattered showers, heavy at first, easing through the day on Thursday. Dry with good spells of sunshine on Friday. Rain feeding in from the west during Saturday.
UK Outlook for Sunday 15 Sep 2024 to Tuesday 24 Sep 2024:
Initially fine for most locations during this period the early part of this period, with a weak front bringing cloud and patchy rain across central parts of UK returning northwards through Sunday into Monday, and perhaps bringing rainfall to the northwest, which could be heavy for a time across the hills of Northwest Scotland. This pattern is then likely to persist, with many areas likely remaining mostly fine, and the greatest chance of cloud and rain being across the far west and more especially northwest. Temperatures during this period are likely to be on the warmer side of average, but with settled conditions warm days could be offset by a few chilly nights. Towards the end of this period there is a signal that the more settled conditions may cease.
Monday's Regional Extremes
Highest Max Temp: Kirkwall 14.2°C
Lowest Max Temp: Fair Isle 13.2°C
Lowest Min Temp: Kirkwall 8.0°C
Highest Rainfall: Kirkwall 0.4 mm
Highest Sunshine: Lerwick 7.0 hours