Papa Westray Youth Hostel weather

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Early rain clearing, sunshine and showers later. Severe gales.

Today:

A cloudy but dry start, a band of rain will move east across Orkney and Shetland by lunchtime, potentially quite heavy for a time. Blustery showers later but some bright spells too. Gales or severe gales. Maximum temperature 10 °C.

Tonight:

Squally showers continue overnight, some of these will be heavy and wintry with hail or sleet. Very windy with severe gales. Minimum temperature 3 °C.

Saturday:

A very windy day with frequent squally showers, the showers will be hail at times and there may be the odd rumble of thunder, showers easing for a time later. Maximum temperature 7 °C.

Outlook for Sunday to Tuesday:

Wintry showers continue on Sunday accompanied by gales, sometimes severe. Drier and brighter on Monday with winds easing. Cloudy with some light rain on Tuesday, gales possible.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC) on Fri 22 Mar 2019

High pressure is expected to dominate at first, bringing largely settled weather with bright or sunny spells. However, weak fronts may bring more cloud and some rain to the far north where it will remain breezier. Patchy overnight frosts are likely but there should be a gradually warming trend for daytime temperatures. High pressure should gradually lose its influence towards the end of March. Southern and southeastern areas will remain mostly fine, though with some fog. Spells of rain and stronger winds are likely to spread from the northwest into central areas. Temperatures are generally expected to continue to rise, becoming very warm for some, whilst in the northwest they will remain nearer normal. Further frontal systems are expected to push in from the Atlantic for the start of April.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC) on Fri 22 Mar 2019

At the start of this period it looks most likely that we will see changeable conditions as spells of wet and windy weather spread from the west. Towards the middle of the month confidence is low; however there is a possibility that we may see a return of more widely settled and drier weather. Some wetter interludes are still possible, particularly in the northwest, and also showers perhaps coming up from the south at times. Temperatures are likely to remain above normal throughout.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC) on Fri 22 Mar 2019