Stromness (Orkney Islands) weather

Headline:

Cloudy with gales and periods of rain, some heavy.

Today:

Cloudy with periods of rain and strong easterly winds until the afternoon. Orkney will become dry from late afternoon when the wind begins to ease. Maximum temperature 8 °C.

Tonight:

Dry at first across Orkney otherwise windy with patchy light rain becoming persistent and heavy at times towards the morning. Minimum temperature 5 °C.

Sunday:

Cloudy with rain at times, some heavy. Shetland will be drier and brighter. Strong southeast wind. Maximum temperature 8 °C.

Outlook for Monday to Wednesday:

Mainly dry but cloudy with bright spells and light winds. Southwest winds strengthen later Wednesday bringing outbreaks of rain to Orkney, heavy at times.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC) on Sat 9 Dec 2023

Briefly unsettled with showers and potential for a band of rain before becoming more settled later in the week as high pressure affects southern areas, though remaining in a more wet and windy regime in the north. As such, the wettest weather likely across western high ground, mainly in Scotland and occasionally parts of Northern Ireland and northwest England. Settled conditions in the south with average temperatures and cloudy at times with patchy light rain near coasts and over hills. Clearer spells favouring the southeast but these also allowing potential for fog or frost overnight. The following week sees potential for high pressure to shift allowing a return to unsettled conditions but average to mild temperatures, favouring the northwest for wettest and windiest conditions.

Updated: 14:00 (UTC) on Fri 8 Dec 2023

More likely to be unsettled compared to preceding settled spell with bands of rain crossing the UK with brighter conditions and showers in between. The wettest and windiest conditions are most likely in the west and northwest. The chance of a colder spell of weather, with hazards such as snow and ice, does increase later in December and into the New Year period. However, conditions are more likely to remain generally mild and wet.

Updated: 15:00 (UTC) on Fri 8 Dec 2023