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Today (19 September 2019)
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| Chance of precipitation | 10% | 10% | 20% | 20% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10% |
| Temperature (°C) |
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| Feels like temperature (°C) | 9° | 9° | 9° | 9° | 9° | 9° | 9° | 9° | 9° | 8° |
| Wind direction and speed (mph) | WSW 20 | WSW 19 | WSW 19 | W 21 | W 20 | W 20 | W 18 | WSW 19 | WSW 17 | WSW 18 |
| Wind gust (mph) | 26 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 24 | 26 | 24 | 24 |
| Visibility | G | VG | G | G | G | G | G | VG | VG | VG |
| Humidity | 94% | 91% | 91% | 93% | 94% | 93% | 93% | 93% | 92% | 92% |
| UV | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Friday (20 September 2019)
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| Chance of precipitation | <5% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | 10% | <5% | <5% | <5% |
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| Feels like temperature (°C) | 9° | 9° | 9° | 9° | 8° | 9° | 9° | 9° | 10° | 11° | 13° | 14° | 15° | 16° | 17° | 16° | 15° | 14° | 12° | 10° | 9° | 9° | 9° | 9° |
| Wind direction and speed (mph) | WSW 17 | WSW 16 | WSW 14 | SW 10 | SSW 9 | SSW 7 | SSW 6 | SSW 5 | S 5 | SSE 6 | S 7 | S 8 | S 7 | S 7 | SSE 6 | SE 6 | SE 8 | SE 9 | SE 10 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 12 | ESE 11 | SE 12 |
| Wind gust (mph) | 24 | 22 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 20 |
| Visibility | VG | VG | VG | VG | VG | VG | G | G | VG | VG | VG | VG | VG | VG | VG | VG | VG | VG | VG | G | P | M | G | G |
| Humidity | 90% | 91% | 92% | 94% | 92% | 92% | 90% | 90% | 86% | 83% | 78% | 74% | 70% | 70% | 69% | 71% | 71% | 75% | 83% | 91% | 94% | 94% | 94% | 93% |
| UV | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Saturday (21 September 2019)
| Time | 00:00 | 01:00 | 04:00 | 07:00 | 10:00 | 13:00 | 16:00 | 19:00 | 22:00 |
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| Chance of precipitation | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% |
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| Feels like temperature (°C) | 9° | 9° | 9° | 9° | 10° | 10° | 11° | 9° | 9° |
| Wind direction and speed (mph) | SE 13 | SE 14 | SE 14 | SE 16 | SSE 20 | SE 23 | SE 23 | SSE 23 | SSE 23 |
| Wind gust (mph) | 21 | 23 | 24 | 27 | 35 | 38 | 38 | 38 | 38 |
| Visibility | G | G | G | G | G | VG | VG | VG | VG |
| Humidity | 92% | 91% | 90% | 92% | 89% | 86% | 82% | 88% | 88% |
| UV | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - |
Sunday (22 September 2019)
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| Chance of precipitation | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | 10% |
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| Feels like temperature (°C) | 9° | 8° | 9° | 11° | 12° | 12° | 10° | 10° |
| Wind direction and speed (mph) | SSE 22 | SE 21 | SE 20 | SE 20 | SE 21 | SE 20 | SE 19 | SE 19 |
| Wind gust (mph) | 36 | 34 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 32 | 30 | 30 |
| Visibility | VG | VG | G | VG | VG | VG | VG | G |
| Humidity | 90% | 92% | 93% | 89% | 86% | 86% | 91% | 92% |
| UV | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - |
Monday (23 September 2019)
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| Chance of precipitation | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 50% | 10% | 10% | 10% |
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| Feels like temperature (°C) | 10° | 10° | 10° | 11° | 12° | 12° | 11° | 10° |
| Wind direction and speed (mph) | SE 19 | SE 17 | SE 16 | SE 17 | SE 15 | SSE 13 | SE 16 | SE 17 |
| Wind gust (mph) | 30 | 29 | 27 | 28 | 24 | 22 | 24 | 27 |
| Visibility | G | G | G | G | M | G | M | M |
| Humidity | 93% | 94% | 94% | 91% | 91% | 91% | 93% | 95% |
| UV | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - |
Tuesday (24 September 2019)
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| Feels like temperature (°C) | 10° | 10° | 10° | 11° | 11° | 11° | 11° | 10° |
| Wind direction and speed (mph) | SE 18 | SE 18 | SE 19 | SE 20 | SE 20 | SE 19 | SE 17 | SE 16 |
| Wind gust (mph) | 28 | 29 | 29 | 31 | 32 | 30 | 27 | 25 |
| Visibility | G | G | G | G | G | G | G | G |
| Humidity | 93% | 93% | 92% | 90% | 87% | 88% | 92% | 93% |
| UV | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - |
Wednesday (25 September 2019)
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| Chance of precipitation | 20% | 20% | 20% | 20% | 20% | 20% | 20% | 10% |
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| Feels like temperature (°C) | 10° | 10° | 10° | 11° | 12° | 11° | 10° | 10° |
| Wind direction and speed (mph) | SE 15 | SE 15 | SSE 15 | S 15 | S 15 | SSE 15 | SSE 14 | SSE 15 |
| Wind gust (mph) | 25 | 24 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 24 | 22 | 24 |
| Visibility | G | G | G | G | G | G | G | G |
| Humidity | 93% | 93% | 93% | 89% | 84% | 87% | 90% | 89% |
| UV | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
Orkney & Shetland weather forecast
Headline:
Dry on Friday. Sunshine over Orkney, extending to Shetland.
This Evening and Tonight:
Staying cloudy with some patchy drizzle and mist across Shetland with a southwesterly breeze. Orkney will be dry and the cloud will clear overnight to bring some clear periods, winds here falling light. Minimum temperature 9 °C.
Friday:
Orkney will be fine with long sunny spells, becoming warm. Shetland will start cloudy, before sunny skies edge slowly up from the south, perhaps not reaching the north until later. Maximum temperature 18 °C.
Outlook for Saturday to Monday:
Saturday and Sunday, mainly dry, sunny spells, but areas of low cloud and haar. Breezy. Rain or showers from Saturday evening onwards.
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UK long range weather forecast
The final week of September will see showers or longer spells of rain become more dominant. Tuesday will see some heavy showers, particularly across the southwest where it will be windy with the risk of gales too. Some sunny spells are likely though and it will remain rather warm in the east, but elsewhere feeling cooler than of late. Thereafter, frontal systems will push in bringing spells of rain and the potential for gales, particularly in the west and north. Temperatures will be close to normal, but in any drier spells, days may be warmer than average whilst nights cooler than average. Confidence in the forecast reduces towards the turn of the month, but there is the potential for some more widely settled weather to become established across the country.
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Confidence in the forecast remains low through this period. However early October may continue to see some fine and settled weather with bright days, but mist, fog and increasingly some frost overnight. Northern parts of the country may continue to see some rain at times, and this might spread across the rest of the country as we go through October. Temperatures are likely to be close to the average, but with settled weather this will bring warmer days and cooler nights.
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