Wide Firth (Orkney Islands) weather

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    7 day forecast for Wide Firth

    Today (3 September 2025)
    Time
    17:00
    18:00
    19:00
    20:00
    21:00
    22:00
    23:00
    Weather symbols Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy
    Chance of precipitation
    20%
    30%
    50%
    40%
    30%
    30%
    30%
    Temperature
    15°
    15°
    14°
    14°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    13°
    13°
    13°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    11°
    Wind direction and speed
    NE
    9
    NE
    8
    NNE
    8
    NNW
    8
    NNW
    9
    NW
    9
    WNW
    10
    Wind gust (mph)
    11
    9
    9
    10
    13
    15
    18
    Visibility
    G
    G
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    92%
    92%
    93%
    92%
    92%
    92%
    92%
    UV 1 1 1 1 - - -
    Thursday (4 September 2025)
    Time
    00:00
    01:00
    02:00
    03:00
    04:00
    05:00
    06:00
    07:00
    08:00
    09:00
    10:00
    11:00
    12:00
    13:00
    14:00
    15:00
    16:00
    17:00
    18:00
    19:00
    20:00
    21:00
    22:00
    23:00
    Weather symbols Cloudy Cloudy Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Light shower day Cloudy Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    30%
    30%
    20%
    20%
    10%
    20%
    20%
    50%
    40%
    30%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    30%
    50%
    50%
    50%
    40%
    50%
    40%
    20%
    20%
    10%
    Temperature (°C)
    13°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    13°
    14°
    14°
    15°
    15°
    16°
    16°
    16°
    15°
    15°
    14°
    14°
    13°
    13°
    12°
    12°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    11°
    11°
    11°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    11°
    11°
    12°
    12°
    13°
    13°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    12°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    WNW
    12
    WNW
    13
    WNW
    13
    WNW
    13
    W
    13
    W
    12
    W
    11
    W
    11
    WSW
    11
    W
    12
    WSW
    13
    WSW
    14
    WSW
    13
    WSW
    12
    WSW
    11
    SW
    10
    SW
    9
    SW
    9
    SSW
    8
    SSW
    7
    SSW
    7
    SSW
    7
    SSW
    7
    SW
    7
    Wind gust (mph)
    21
    21
    23
    23
    21
    19
    17
    19
    19
    20
    19
    19
    18
    16
    15
    14
    12
    11
    12
    11
    12
    12
    14
    16
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    E
    E
    E
    Humidity
    91%
    90%
    89%
    87%
    86%
    85%
    85%
    85%
    85%
    81%
    78%
    76%
    74%
    71%
    67%
    70%
    72%
    76%
    77%
    78%
    84%
    84%
    85%
    85%
    UV - - - - - - 1 1 1 2 3 3 4 4 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 - - -
    Friday (5 September 2025)
    Time
    00:00
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Cloudy Overcast Cloudy Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    10%
    20%
    30%
    20%
    20%
    <5%
    <5%
    10%
    10%
    Temperature (°C)
    12°
    12°
    11°
    11°
    14°
    15°
    15°
    15°
    14°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    10°
    10°
    11°
    12°
    13°
    12°
    11°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SW
    8
    SW
    9
    SW
    10
    SW
    11
    SW
    15
    WSW
    16
    SW
    13
    SSW
    13
    SSW
    15
    Wind gust (mph)
    15
    19
    21
    23
    26
    25
    21
    22
    24
    Visibility (description)
    E
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    85%
    85%
    85%
    85%
    75%
    64%
    64%
    74%
    77%
    UV - - - 1 2 4 2 1 -
    Saturday (6 September 2025)
    Time
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    20%
    20%
    10%
    10%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    Temperature (°C)
    13°
    13°
    13°
    15°
    16°
    16°
    15°
    14°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    11°
    11°
    11°
    12°
    13°
    13°
    12°
    11°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    S
    14
    S
    13
    S
    13
    S
    17
    S
    19
    SSE
    18
    SSE
    18
    SSE
    17
    Wind gust (mph)
    23
    23
    23
    25
    24
    24
    25
    24
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    82%
    84%
    85%
    79%
    76%
    76%
    84%
    86%
    UV - - 1 2 4 2 1 -
    Sunday (7 September 2025)
    Time
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy
    Chance of precipitation
    10%
    10%
    10%
    20%
    30%
    30%
    40%
    40%
    Temperature (°C)
    14°
    14°
    14°
    16°
    16°
    16°
    15°
    15°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    11°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SSE
    18
    SE
    20
    SE
    22
    SE
    25
    SE
    28
    SE
    26
    SE
    25
    SE
    23
    Wind gust (mph)
    26
    29
    34
    37
    39
    36
    30
    30
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    87%
    88%
    88%
    86%
    84%
    86%
    87%
    88%
    UV - - 1 2 2 1 1 -
    Monday (8 September 2025)
    Time
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    40%
    40%
    30%
    20%
    20%
    10%
    20%
    20%
    Temperature (°C)
    14°
    14°
    14°
    15°
    16°
    16°
    14°
    14°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    11°
    11°
    10°
    12°
    13°
    12°
    11°
    11°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SE
    20
    SE
    19
    SE
    19
    SE
    19
    SE
    19
    SE
    20
    SE
    19
    SSE
    17
    Wind gust (mph)
    25
    25
    21
    20
    21
    20
    21
    21
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    VG
    Humidity
    90%
    92%
    92%
    92%
    91%
    90%
    87%
    87%
    UV - - 1 2 3 2 1 -
    Tuesday (9 September 2025)
    Time
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    20%
    10%
    20%
    20%
    Temperature (°C)
    13°
    13°
    13°
    15°
    16°
    15°
    14°
    13°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    10°
    10°
    10°
    11°
    12°
    11°
    10°
    10°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SSE
    17
    SE
    16
    SE
    17
    SE
    20
    SSE
    21
    SE
    22
    SE
    22
    SSE
    20
    Wind gust (mph)
    22
    20
    22
    22
    24
    24
    24
    20
    Visibility (description)
    G
    G
    G
    G
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    89%
    90%
    90%
    90%
    88%
    87%
    87%
    88%
    UV - - 1 2 3 2 1 -

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    Orkney & Shetland weather forecast

    Headline:

    Mainly dry on Thursday. Sunny periods developing.

    This Evening and Tonight:

    Showery rain over Orkney this evening clearing to clear spells and isolated showers overnight. Meanwhile Shetland turning wet with some persistent rain, easing towards morning Minimum temperature 11 °C.

    Thursday:

    Any lingering cloud and rain over Shetland soon clearing. Then a mainly dry day with some sunny spells, but the odd afternoon shower breaking out mainly over Orkney. Winds easing. Maximum temperature 17 °C.

    Outlook for Friday to Sunday:

    Mainly dry with sunny spells on Friday. A cloudy start on Saturday, perhaps a little rain, then brightening up with sunshine. Sunny on Sunday, but cloudier later, evening rain, windy.

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