Wide Firth (Orkney Islands) weather

Headline:

Mainly dry and cloudy or bright on Monday.

This Evening and Tonight:

It will be a rather cloudy night and mainly dry with just a few light showers, these mainly over Orkney. Occasional cloud breaks expected and winds light or moderate from the northwest. Minimum temperature 9 °C.

Monday:

A mainly dry day with clouds breaking at times to give some sunshine. A light northwesterly breeze. Maximum temperature 14 °C.

Outlook for Tuesday to Thursday:

Ridge of high pressure will bring mostly dry, settled weather with some sunshine. Thicker cloud with the odd patch of drizzle on Wednesday.

Many parts of the UK are expected to be part way through a period of high temperatures and humidity at the start of this period. The duration, geographical extent and intensity of the heat are all rather uncertain at present, but there is the potential for some very hot weather to be realised, especially across some inland southern and eastern areas. With this also comes the possibility of thunderstorms, in part because of the high temperatures, but also in association with any frontal systems moving in from the west, which would ultimately usher in cooler and fresher conditions. Towards the latter part of the period, northwestern areas stand a greater chance of experiencing rather more changeable conditions, with drier and occasionally hotter spells more likely further southeast.

A continuation of the broad themes from earlier in the month at first, with high pressure probably dominating the south and lower pressure more favoured to affect the north and northwest. Temperatures are likely to end up above average overall with a continued, and perhaps higher than normal, chance of occasional hot spells or heatwaves, especially further to the southeast. However, by the turn of the month, there is a signal for perhaps more widely unsettled weather to develop, though the details of this remain rather uncertain.