Dounby (Orkney Islands) weather

Headline:

Cold and windy with blustery showers today.

Today:

Frequent blustery showers driven through on strong northwesterly winds, touching gale force at times. A few sunny spells developing in the afternoon. Feeling cold for the time of year. Maximum temperature 11 °C.

Tonight:

Showers continuing, most frequent through the evening with some perhaps heavy and thundery. Strong northwesterly winds, touching gale force in the evening. Minimum temperature 7 °C.

Thursday:

A mixture of sunny spells and a few showers, these generally lighter than previous days. Strong northwest winds will gradually ease. Maximum temperature 11 °C.

Outlook for Friday to Sunday:

A chilly start then mainly dry and bright on Friday. Outbreaks of rain and southwesterly gales on Saturday. Sunshine and a few showers on Sunday.

The chance of some cloud and patchy rain or showers at first, more especially in central and/or northwestern areas, but by the middle of next week onwards high pressure is likely to become increasingly influential over the UK. This will likely lead to largely fine conditions for many areas, with the greatest chance of cloud and rain being across the far west and more especially northwest, and perhaps a few showers occasionally in the far southeast. Temperatures during this period are likely to be on the warmer side of average overall, but with settled conditions warm days could be offset by some chilly nights. Towards the end of this period there is a signal that the more settled conditions may cease.

The transition to more unsettled / changeable conditions (as per typical Autumn climatology) is likely to continue into this period. There are weak signals that the track of Atlantic low pressure systems may sit further south than is typical in the early Autumn, and lead to an increased chance of some impacts from rain and wind across the UK. Temperatures are signalled to remain either close to or slightly above average.