Wide Firth weather

Headline:

Rain clearing tonight. Sunny spells and the odd shower Thursday.

This Evening and Tonight:

Rain and low cloud clearing Orkney later this evening then dry with clear spells developing overnight. Shetland cloudy with rain and haar, drying up from the west towards the end of the night. Minimum temperature 10 °C.

Thursday:

Any overnight rain and haar soon clearing Shetland to leave a dry and bright day. Orkney mainly dry with some sunshine but an odd shower may develop later. Maximum temperature 17 °C.

Outlook for Friday to Sunday:

Friday mainly dry and bright, isolated showers. Perhaps cloudier on Saturday with rain for a time. Mainly dry and bright on Sunday.

Updated: 16:00 (UTC+1) on Wed 17 Jul 2019

This period will likely see a northwest to southeast split in the weather across the UK with northwestern parts experiencing spells of rain, which could be heavy at times, as well as some periods of strong wind bringing a risk of coastal gales. By contrast, the southern and southeastern parts of the UK should see much drier and warmer weather, which could become hot and rather humid at times, especially early to mid next week. The south and southeast will not be without rain but it will be less frequent than in the northwest. The weather signals become more mixed as we head towards the end of July, but the northwest to southeast split in the weather will most probably continue through this period.

Updated: 16:00 (UTC+1) on Wed 17 Jul 2019

As we move early August, the final month of the meteorological summer, confidence is low in the forecast with no one single weather pattern looking to dominate. As is often the case in summer, this could well mean plenty of fine, dry weather, interspersed with occasional thundery outbreaks, leading to marked local variations in rainfall. Temperatures are likely to be above average, perhaps more especially in the south and west.

Updated: 16:00 (UTC+1) on Wed 17 Jul 2019