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Today (20 September 2019)
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| Chance of precipitation | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% |
| Temperature (°C) |
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| Feels like temperature (°C) | 13° | 15° | 15° | 16° | 17° | 16° | 14° | 13° | 11° | 9° | 9° | 9° | 10° |
| Wind direction and speed (mph) | S 9 | S 9 | S 10 | S 8 | S 6 | SSE 8 | SSE 7 | SSE 7 | SE 7 | SE 9 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 11 |
| Wind gust (mph) | 13 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 16 | 19 | 20 | 20 |
| Visibility | VG | VG | VG | VG | VG | VG | VG | VG | VG | VG | M | M | G |
| Humidity | 74% | 67% | 67% | 66% | 67% | 71% | 74% | 80% | 85% | 86% | 91% | 93% | 89% |
| UV | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Saturday (21 September 2019)
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| Chance of precipitation | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% |
| Temperature (°C) |
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| Feels like temperature (°C) | 10° | 10° | 10° | 10° | 10° | 10° | 10° | 10° | 10° | 10° | 11° | 11° | 11° | 11° | 11° | 11° | 11° | 11° | 10° | 9° | 9° | 9° | 9° | 9° |
| Wind direction and speed (mph) | SE 11 | SSE 12 | SSE 13 | SSE 14 | SSE 15 | SSE 15 | SSE 15 | SSE 16 | SSE 17 | SSE 18 | SSE 19 | SSE 20 | SSE 21 | SSE 22 | SSE 23 | SSE 23 | SSE 23 | SSE 23 | SSE 22 | SSE 22 | SSE 22 | SSE 22 | SSE 22 | SSE 22 |
| Wind gust (mph) | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 27 | 28 | 30 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 36 | 38 | 38 | 38 | 39 | 39 | 39 | 38 | 39 | 39 | 38 |
| Visibility | VG | VG | VG | VG | VG | VG | G | G | G | VG | VG | VG | VG | VG | VG | VG | VG | VG | VG | VG | VG | VG | VG | VG |
| Humidity | 89% | 87% | 87% | 86% | 84% | 85% | 86% | 86% | 86% | 85% | 82% | 79% | 80% | 79% | 78% | 78% | 79% | 81% | 83% | 84% | 85% | 86% | 85% | 86% |
| UV | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Sunday (22 September 2019)
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| Chance of precipitation | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% |
| Temperature (°C) |
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14°
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| Feels like temperature (°C) | 9° | 9° | 8° | 9° | 11° | 12° | 12° | 10° | 10° |
| Wind direction and speed (mph) | SSE 21 | SSE 21 | SSE 20 | SE 20 | SE 21 | SE 20 | SE 18 | SE 17 | SE 18 |
| Wind gust (mph) | 36 | 35 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 31 | 28 | 29 |
| Visibility | VG | VG | G | G | VG | VG | VG | G | G |
| Humidity | 87% | 88% | 92% | 94% | 88% | 83% | 85% | 92% | 94% |
| UV | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - |
Monday (23 September 2019)
| Time | 01:00 | 04:00 | 07:00 | 10:00 | 13:00 | 16:00 | 19:00 | 22:00 |
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| Chance of precipitation | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 60% | 50% | 20% | 10% |
| Temperature (°C) |
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| Feels like temperature (°C) | 9° | 9° | 10° | 10° | 11° | 11° | 11° | 10° |
| Wind direction and speed (mph) | SE 18 | SE 19 | SE 19 | SE 20 | SE 19 | SE 18 | SE 15 | SE 16 |
| Wind gust (mph) | 30 | 30 | 30 | 32 | 32 | 30 | 25 | 26 |
| Visibility | G | G | G | M | M | M | M | G |
| Humidity | 94% | 95% | 94% | 92% | 94% | 94% | 97% | 96% |
| UV | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
Tuesday (24 September 2019)
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| Chance of precipitation | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 20% | 10% | 50% | 20% |
| Temperature (°C) |
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| Feels like temperature (°C) | 9° | 9° | 9° | 10° | 11° | 10° | 10° | 9° |
| Wind direction and speed (mph) | SE 17 | SE 19 | SE 21 | SE 20 | SE 21 | SE 21 | ESE 20 | ESE 20 |
| Wind gust (mph) | 28 | 30 | 33 | 33 | 34 | 33 | 32 | 32 |
| Visibility | G | G | G | G | G | G | M | M |
| Humidity | 97% | 96% | 94% | 92% | 90% | 91% | 94% | 94% |
| UV | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - |
Wednesday (25 September 2019)
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| Chance of precipitation | 50% | 20% | 20% | 20% | 20% | 20% | 20% | 20% |
| Temperature (°C) |
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| Feels like temperature (°C) | 9° | 9° | 9° | 9° | 9° | 9° | 9° | 9° |
| Wind direction and speed (mph) | ESE 20 | ESE 20 | ESE 22 | ESE 23 | ESE 23 | ESE 23 | SE 24 | SE 24 |
| Wind gust (mph) | 32 | 30 | 33 | 34 | 36 | 35 | 36 | 36 |
| Visibility | M | M | M | M | M | M | G | M |
| Humidity | 94% | 94% | 93% | 92% | 91% | 91% | 91% | 91% |
| UV | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
Thursday (26 September 2019)
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| Chance of precipitation | 20% | 20% | 20% | 40% | 20% | 20% | 20% | 50% |
| Temperature (°C) |
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| Feels like temperature (°C) | 8° | 8° | 8° | 8° | 9° | 9° | 8° | 8° |
| Wind direction and speed (mph) | SE 25 | SE 26 | SE 27 | SE 27 | SE 26 | SE 25 | SE 24 | SE 24 |
| Wind gust (mph) | 38 | 39 | 41 | 41 | 40 | 39 | 38 | 37 |
| Visibility | M | G | G | M | M | M | M | M |
| Humidity | 91% | 91% | 90% | 90% | 88% | 89% | 91% | 90% |
| UV | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
Orkney & Shetland weather forecast
Headline:
Dry on Friday. Sunshine over Orkney, extending to Shetland.
Today:
Orkney will be fine with long sunny spells, becoming warm. Shetland will start cloudy, and misty in the north, before sunny skies edge up from the south during the morning. Moderate southwesterly winds becoming southerly. Maximum temperature 18 °C.
Tonight:
A dry evening and night with some clear periods but there could be a spell of low cloud, mist and haar in the evening and early hours. Minimum temperature 12 °C.
Saturday:
A fine dry day with some long spells of unbroken sunshine for most. Still the chance of a few patches of low cloud. Breezy but warm. Maximum temperature 18 °C.
Outlook for Sunday to Tuesday:
Sunday, mainly dry, but cloudier with chance of haar. Breezy. Mostly dry on Monday and Tuesday but chance of a few showers and some low cloud and haar at times.
Updated:
UK long range weather forecast
The final week of September will see showers or longer spells of rain become more dominant. Tuesday will see some heavy showers, particularly across the southwest where it will be windy with the risk of gales too. Some sunny spells are likely though and it will remain rather warm in the east, but elsewhere feeling cooler than of late. Thereafter, frontal systems will push in bringing spells of rain and the potential for gales, particularly in the west and north. Temperatures will be close to normal, but in any drier spells, days may be warmer than average whilst nights cooler than average. Confidence in the forecast reduces towards the turn of the month, but there is the potential for some more widely settled weather to become established across the country.
Updated:
Confidence in the forecast remains low through this period. However early October may continue to see some fine and settled weather with bright days, but mist, fog and increasingly some frost overnight. Northern parts of the country may continue to see some rain at times, and this might spread across the rest of the country as we go through October. Temperatures are likely to be close to the average, but with settled weather this will bring warmer days and cooler nights.
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