Foubister (Orkney Islands) weather

Headline:

Mainly dry and bright, the odd shower later.

Today:

The morning will be dry with some hazy sunshine. Then high cloud will thicken through the afternoon to bring the odd light shower, but with still plenty of dry weather. Light winds. Maximum temperature 17 °C.

Tonight:

Largely dry with some late evening brightness at first, before low cloud gradually spreads south through the evening and overnight bringing some patchy light rain or drizzle at times. Minimum temperature 6 °C.

Saturday:

It will be a largely cloudy morning with some outbreaks of light rain and drizzle. Drier through the afternoon with some brighter spells developing. Freshening northeast winds. Feeling cooler. Maximum temperature 10 °C.

Outlook for Sunday to Tuesday:

Cool and quite cloudy on Sunday, but some bright spells at times. Early rain on Monday followed by showers continuing through Tuesday, these heavy and blustery at times. Turning colder.

A fairly quiet start to the period looks likely with many areas seeing a good deal of dry weather. That said we are unlikely to see a return of the completely dry and warm weather we have see in recent days, with clear or sunny periods and showers more likely. Toward the latter part of the period a trend toward more changeable weather is favoured although there should still be some drier intervals. Overall temperatures likely close to or a little below average at first, especially in the north, then returning close to average or rather warm later.

Low pressure systems are likely to dominate across the UK at the start of this period. This means showers or longer spells of rain are likely at times, heavy in places. There will, however, be some dry and warm interludes, although temperatures are likely to be close to normal overall. Later in the month, more settled and drier conditions may begin to develop, with temperatures perhaps rising slightly above normal.