St. Margaret's Hope (Orkney Islands) weather

Headline:

Gales and blustery showers on Tuesday.

Today:

A mix of some bright and sunny spells interspersed with blustery showers, which may be heavy at times. Gale force west to southwesterly winds, easing later. Maximum temperature 8 °C.

Tonight:

Overnight will see a continuation of the blustery showers, interspersed with drier and clear spells. Showers may be heavy and turning increasingly wintry. Strong westerly winds becoming northwesterly. Colder. Minimum temperature 1 °C.

Wednesday:

Cloudy with sleet and snow showers in the morning, but no significant accumulations. Showers easing in the afternoon to become largely dry. Strong to gale force northwesterly winds. Feeling colder. Maximum temperature 4 °C.

Outlook for Thursday to Saturday:

Wintry showers early Thursday clear to a dry, bright day with light winds, rain spreads east overnight. Sunshine and showers Friday with winds strengthening, then longer spells of rain Saturday.

A broadly changeable pattern will continue, at least through the first part of this period, as further frontal systems move across parts of the UK, bringing rain and stronger winds at times. Weather fronts are likely to be more active across northern areas, meaning the wettest and windiest conditions are more likely here. As they come south, often running in to a ridge of higher pressure extending from the southwest, fronts will generally weaken and rainfall amounts will be smaller. This area of high pressure is likely to become increasingly dominant through the period, with more settled conditions perhaps becoming more prevalent across the UK. In this setup, temperatures will probably pan out close to average overall, with some overnight frost where skies are clear and winds light.

High pressure will likely be more dominant at the start of this period, the centre of which transferring from somewhere west or southwest of the UK to somewhere north of the UK. As such, plenty of dry weather seems most likely, but with changes in wind direction leading to some quite marked differences in cloud amounts and temperature from day to day. Moving further into April, there is a chance that high pressure will become less dominant and thus there is a greater chance of more places seeing some rain and possible stronger winds from time to time. Overall, temperatures will likely be near to average.