St Catherine's Bay (Orkney Islands) weather

Headline:

Dry with prolonged sunshine and light northeast breezes. Seasonally warm.

Today:

A fine late spring day with all parts staying dry and seeing prolonged periods of sunshine. This coupled with light to moderate north to northeast breezes will bring seasonally warm afternoon highs. Maximum temperature 18 °C.

Tonight:

Staying dry with good late sunshine, particularly across Orkney. However northeast breezes will gradually feed cloudier skies across Shetland from late evening, with some reaching Orkney towards dawn. Minimum temperature 5 °C.

Thursday:

A rather cloudy start, particularly across Shetland, but all should stay dry with sunny spells turning widespread from the south from late morning. Northeast breezes. Maximum temperature 18 °C.

Outlook for Friday to Sunday:

Dry and sunny through Friday. Rather cloudy for the weekend with occasional mist and a risk of patchy fog and drizzle. Moderate north to northeast winds.

Mostly dry and largely sunny conditions are expected to continue for the vast majority over the next several days as a slow-moving area of high pressure remains dominant. It will continue to be warm or very warm for many, especially in the west, but it will be remain cooler in the east, especially along coasts, with some coastal areas seeing persistent low cloud at times, accompanied by a brisk breeze off the North Sea. There is an increasing chance that conditions will turn more unsettled from late next week though, as areas of rain and strengthening winds threaten from the west and/or south (the latter bringing a risk of thunderstorms). This would most likely to be accompanied by temperatures dropping nearer to average for the time of year.

The start of the period may see some more in the way of rain and showers across much of the UK, especially western parts. Fine and dry weather is more likely to prevail towards the south and east though and may start to develop more widely, but occasional spells of rain and showers are still possible, with the potential for thunderstorms on some days. Overall, temperatures will most likely be around or above normal for the time of year.