St. Margaret's Hope (Orkney Islands) weather

Headline:

Cloudy with rain Friday. Shetland drier and bright at first.

Today:

Cloudy over Orkney with outbreaks of rain and sleet, along with strong easterly winds. Dry and bright with some sunshine across Shetland to start, but clouding over later with light rain. Light winds for Shetland. Maximum temperature 5 °C.

Tonight:

Cloudy across the Northern Isles with outbreaks of patchy rain, possibly falling as sleet in places. Rain mostly for Orkney with drier spells for Shetland. Strong easterly winds across Orkney. Minimum temperature 2 °C.

Saturday:

It will be cloudy with patchy rain and drizzle throughout the day. Strong southeasterly winds. Maximum temperature 5 °C.

Outlook for Sunday to Tuesday:

It will remain cloudy with outbreaks of rain, which may be heavy at times. Strong southeastelry winds, easing for a time on Monday.

Predominantly cyclonic patterns are expected to dominate the UK. Further fronts are likely to approach the UK at times and then become slow-moving as they butt up against high pressure to the north or northeast of the UK. Thus some southern and western areas remain most prone to seeing the wettest conditions, which will maintain sensitivity to further flooding impacts. Parts of northeast Britain may also be wetter than normal. Some snow is likely, especially in any colder airmasses that filter south or east into the UK and/or on the interface between mild and cold air. Strong winds are also possible at times. Temperatures will remain finely balanced during this period, with northeastern areas more likely to be colder than average, and southwestern areas perhaps seeing mild conditions at times.

Broadly changeable conditions are expected across the UK during this period. Low pressure systems will probably dominate, meaning showers or longer spells of rain, heavy at times, for much of the UK and some hill snow in the north. Periods of strong winds are also possible, especially around coasts. Temperatures will likely be close to average or slightly above overall, though there remains the potential for incursions of colder air at times, at least into northern areas.