St. Margaret's Hope (Orkney Islands) weather

Headline:

Mainly cloudy with a few showers. Winds light.

Today:

A few scattered light showers about on a mainly cloudy day with only a few brighter spells breaking through. Winds light, mainly from the southwest. Maximum temperature 9 °C.

Tonight:

Mostly cloudy in the evening with just a few showers. A band of more frequent and heavier showers pushes south into Shetland overnight, and reaching Orkney around morning. Minimum temperature 5 °C.

Tuesday:

Rather cloudy in the morning with scattered showers, heavy at times. Some brighter spells developing later, but with a chilly freshening northerly wind. Maximum temperature 9 °C.

Outlook for Wednesday to Friday:

Cooler on Wednesday and Thursday as a strong northerly wind brings frequent showers, heavy and wintry at times. Scattered showers and a touch milder on Friday as winds turn westerly.

High pressure will initially dominate, leading to widely settled conditions and overnight frost. A few showers will be possible, particularly in northern and western Scotland, and perhaps along some North Sea coasts for a time. Later in the weekend, a transition to more unsettled conditions is expected as bands of rain, and associated areas of low pressure, arrive from the North Atlantic, bringing more widespread wet and windy weather. It is likely to remain fairly changeable through the remainder of the period, with occasional rain interspersed with brighter, showery spells. Whilst colder conditions will be possible at times, especially at first, it will often be mild, with temperatures near or a little above average for the time of year.

Changeable or unsettled conditions are expected through late November and into early December, as Atlantic frontal systems track close to or across the UK at times. These will bring periods of rain and strong winds, interspersed with brighter, more showery interludes. Temperatures will often be mild, particularly away from the far northwest where brief colder interludes are possible. Although confidence is low, there may be a tendency for the track of low pressure systems to shift southwards later in the period. In this scenario, rain will still be possible at times across central and southern parts of the UK, while more northern areas may become somewhat drier and perhaps colder.