Stromness Youth Hostel (Orkney Islands) weather

Headline:

Some morning rain over Shetland, otherwise dry and bright. Breezy.

Today:

A cloudy start for Shetland with outbreaks of rain but these clearing northeast late in the morning. Otherwise, a largely dry day with long sunny spells. Light winds at first then fresh or strong from the southwest. Maximum temperature 15 °C.

Tonight:

A dry and sunny start to the evening but turning cloudy over Shetland with some showers, heavy at times. Dry with clear spells overnight for Orkney then showers later. Breezy. Minimum temperature 8 °C.

Saturday:

A cloudy start with showery rain then turning brighter with a few passing showers. A cool day with a fresh northerly breeze. Maximum temperature 13 °C.

Outlook for Sunday to Tuesday:

Bright spells and showers on Sunday and Monday and feeling cool with a brisk north or northwest breeze. Mainly dry with sunny spells and light winds on Tuesday.

It will be fairly settled to start the period but there will be spells or rain or showers in south and eastern areas, near to an area of low pressure. Elsewhere, some fog and frost patches are possible at times. It will also turn colder, as a northerly flow becomes established for a time. Later in the week, more widely drier and settled conditions could develop as high pressure becomes more influential, although probably still with some coastal showers. There may however be some thicker cloud and outbreaks of rain in the far northwest at times. Temperatures should gradually return closer to average in this period. Later there may be a return to a more changeable pattern but this is uncertain.

Confidence is very low in the weather regimes most likely to affect the UK during this period. On balance, there will likely be a transition from slow-moving weather patterns to a more changeable period at some stage although the timing on this is highly uncertain. High pressure probably close to the UK, which would offer some occasional periods of dry weather, will likely give way to a more unsettled period with some short lived dry interludes during this time. Temperatures will likely fluctuate either side of, but often close to, average.