Finstown (Orkney Islands) weather

Headline:

Very windy with sunny spells and blustery wintry showers. Cold

Today:

A cold, bright and blustery day with heavy, increasingly wintry, thundery showers. The showers most frequent across Shetland with Orkney perhaps seeing a drier, sunnier spell in the afternoon. Very windy with severe northwesterly gales, gusts around 70mph for Shetland. Maximum temperature 5 °C.

Tonight:

Clear spells with sleet and snow showers through the evening and overnight, the showers again heaviest and most frequent across Shetland. Strong northwesterly winds, gales at first across Shetland, easing. Minimum temperature -1 °C.

Friday:

Another day of sunny spells and wintry showers, these a little lighter and less frequent than Thursday. Still on the cold side but the strong northwesterly breeze continuing to ease. Maximum temperature 5 °C.

Outlook for Saturday to Monday:

Cloudy with outbreaks of rain Saturday morning becoming drier and brighter in afternoon. Dry with sunny spells Sunday but southerly gales developing. Sunny spells and showers Monday with southwesterly gales.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC+1) on Thu 2 Apr 2020

The beginning of this period looks unsettled with Atlantic weather systems bringing frequent bands of wet and windy conditions across the UK from the south or southwest. Weather systems will likely be interspersed by brighter and showery interludes, with the best chance of any fine weather in eastern parts. There remains a chance of wintry showers during any bright and showery interludes over northern hills. Temperatures likely around average, though there is the potential for some warmer days in the east. There remains a low chance that more general settled conditions could develop to begin, bringing much drier and less windy weather. Confidence is low, but conditions at the end of the period may become quite changeable, as spells of unsettled weather alternate back and forth with more settled conditions.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC+1) on Thu 2 Apr 2020

The changeable theme between unsettled and more settled conditions is likely to continue in the middle of April. This would bring wet and windy conditions for many during unsettled spells and much more dry and fine weather during settled periods. More dominant settled conditions may begin to develop from the southeast as we head towards the end of April. This dry and fine weather has the potential to gradually push northwestwards across much of the UK, though the far northwest will likely remain rather unsettled. Temperatures vary around average to begin the period, but probably trending above average by the end of the month, especially in the south. Frosts are still possible to begin this period but will likely become infrequent by the end.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC+1) on Thu 2 Apr 2020