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Today (16 September 2019)
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| Chance of precipitation | 10% | 10% | 60% | 10% | 30% | 10% | 40% | 60% | 40% | 30% | 60% | 30% | 10% | <5% | 10% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% |
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| Feels like temperature (°C) | 7° | 8° | 8° | 8° | 8° | 8° | 8° | 8° | 8° | 8° | 8° | 7° | 7° | 7° | 6° | 6° | 5° | 5° | 5° |
| Wind direction and speed (mph) | W 21 | W 14 | W 14 | W 16 | W 17 | W 19 | W 19 | W 21 | WNW 21 | WNW 22 | WNW 20 | WNW 21 | WNW 20 | WNW 18 | WNW 18 | WNW 18 | WNW 18 | WNW 21 | WNW 22 |
| Wind gust (mph) | 37 | 29 | 28 | 31 | 31 | 33 | 33 | 35 | 36 | 36 | 34 | 36 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 35 | 34 | 38 | 40 |
| Visibility | E | E | E | E | VG | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | E |
| Humidity | 82% | 83% | 83% | 85% | 82% | 76% | 80% | 75% | 73% | 64% | 69% | 65% | 67% | 64% | 67% | 64% | 68% | 63% | 67% |
| UV | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Tuesday (17 September 2019)
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| Chance of precipitation | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10% | <5% | 30% | 10% | <5% | 10% | <5% | <5% | <5% | 10% | 10% | <5% | <5% | <5% | 10% | 10% | 10% | <5% | 10% | 10% | 10% |
| Temperature (°C) |
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| Feels like temperature (°C) | 5° | 5° | 5° | 6° | 5° | 6° | 5° | 5° | 6° | 7° | 7° | 8° | 8° | 8° | 8° | 8° | 8° | 8° | 8° | 8° | 8° | 8° | 8° | 8° |
| Wind direction and speed (mph) | WNW 20 | WNW 22 | WNW 22 | WNW 22 | NW 22 | NW 22 | NW 20 | NW 18 | NW 17 | NW 17 | NW 17 | NW 17 | NW 16 | NW 16 | NW 15 | NW 14 | NW 13 | NW 12 | NW 10 | NW 8 | WNW 6 | W 5 | WSW 4 | WSW 6 |
| Wind gust (mph) | 37 | 40 | 40 | 38 | 39 | 38 | 35 | 33 | 30 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 22 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 9 |
| Visibility | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | VG | VG | VG |
| Humidity | 73% | 66% | 63% | 68% | 69% | 70% | 69% | 69% | 70% | 68% | 67% | 66% | 67% | 68% | 66% | 66% | 67% | 68% | 70% | 73% | 78% | 80% | 82% | 81% |
| UV | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Wednesday (18 September 2019)
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| Chance of precipitation | 10% | 50% | 90% | 90% | 60% | 60% | 20% | 50% | 50% |
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| Feels like temperature (°C) | 7° | 7° | 6° | 7° | 9° | 9° | 9° | 8° | 8° |
| Wind direction and speed (mph) | WSW 7 | SW 6 | ESE 11 | SE 11 | SSE 11 | S 13 | SSW 15 | NNW 16 | S 16 |
| Wind gust (mph) | 11 | 10 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 23 | 24 | 24 |
| Visibility | VG | VG | M | G | G | G | G | G | G |
| Humidity | 80% | 83% | 88% | 88% | 79% | 80% | 81% | 85% | 87% |
| UV | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - |
Thursday (19 September 2019)
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| Chance of precipitation | 50% | 50% | 20% | 20% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 20% |
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| Feels like temperature (°C) | 8° | 8° | 8° | 9° | 11° | 11° | 10° | 9° |
| Wind direction and speed (mph) | WSW 16 | WSW 16 | WSW 17 | WSW 18 | WSW 18 | WSW 17 | W 16 | WSW 15 |
| Wind gust (mph) | 24 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 23 | 22 |
| Visibility | G | G | G | G | VG | G | VG | G |
| Humidity | 88% | 89% | 90% | 88% | 85% | 87% | 88% | 90% |
| UV | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - |
Friday (20 September 2019)
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| Chance of precipitation | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% |
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| Feels like temperature (°C) | 9° | 9° | 9° | 11° | 13° | 13° | 11° | 10° |
| Wind direction and speed (mph) | WSW 15 | SW 14 | SW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | S 13 | SSE 14 | SSE 16 |
| Wind gust (mph) | 21 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 22 |
| Visibility | VG | VG | VG | VG | VG | VG | VG | VG |
| Humidity | 90% | 89% | 89% | 85% | 82% | 84% | 87% | 88% |
| UV | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - |
Saturday (21 September 2019)
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| Chance of precipitation | <5% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 20% | 10% | 20% |
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| Feels like temperature (°C) | 10° | 9° | 9° | 10° | 11° | 11° | 11° | 10° |
| Wind direction and speed (mph) | S 17 | SSE 18 | SSE 19 | SSE 21 | SSE 21 | SSE 20 | SSE 20 | S 21 |
| Wind gust (mph) | 23 | 24 | 27 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 28 |
| Visibility | G | VG | VG | VG | VG | VG | G | G |
| Humidity | 88% | 88% | 88% | 86% | 83% | 85% | 87% | 87% |
| UV | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - |
Sunday (22 September 2019)
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| Chance of precipitation | 20% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10% |
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| Feels like temperature (°C) | 10° | 10° | 10° | 10° | 11° | 11° | 11° | 11° |
| Wind direction and speed (mph) | S 20 | S 20 | S 19 | S 20 | S 20 | SW 18 | SW 17 | SSE 14 |
| Wind gust (mph) | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 25 | 24 | 20 |
| Visibility | G | G | G | VG | VG | VG | VG | VG |
| Humidity | 88% | 89% | 88% | 86% | 83% | 83% | 85% | 86% |
| UV | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - |
Orkney & Shetland weather forecast
Headline:
Bright and breezy. Scattered showers.
Today:
A bright day with occasional sunny spells and a scattering of showers. Any showers could be heavy this morning, but pushing through quickly on the fresh to strong west or northwest winds. Feeling cool or rather cold in the wind. Maximum temperature 13 °C.
Tonight:
A scattering of showers will continue, these mainly across Shetland. Patchy cloud and occasional clear spells and winds fresh or strong, occasionally reaching gale force around Shetland, Minimum temperature 7 °C.
Tuesday:
Mainly dry and bright with just the odd shower over Shetland. Feeling cool or rather cold in the fresh to strong northwest winds, although these easing during the day. Maximum temperature 12 °C.
Outlook for Wednesday to Friday:
Plenty of dry weather, although some rain and drizzle expected across Orkney on Wednesday. Temperatures picking up with winds moderate or fresh from the west or southwest.
Updated:
UK long range weather forecast
Dry, sunny and warm weather is expected to dominate on Friday and Saturday with any wet and windy weather confined to the far northwest. Overnight temperatures will be on the cool side for many bringing a chance for some patchy mist and fog, especially in the south. By Sunday cooler, unsettled weather is expected to move in from the west and herald a spell of rather changeable weather for part of the working week. There is a degree of uncertainty as we head towards the last weekend of September. On balance we should see a northwest to southeast split in the weather with the strongest winds and heaviest spells of rainfall in the northwest, and the best of the dry, warm, and sunny weather in the southeast.
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Confidence remains low through this period and a number of different weather scenarios are possible. However the most likely situation is for southeastern parts of the UK see the best of the dry weather with daytime temperatures fairly warm for the time of year. Low temperatures are likely during many of the nights, bringing an increased chance of mist, fog and ground frost. Meanwhile, the northwest of the UK is more likely to keep stronger winds with heavier rain at times. It will be cloudier in the northwest leading to lower daytime temperatures.
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