Sanday Airfield (Orkney Islands) weather

Headline:

Rather cloudy with patchy rain or drizzle

This Evening and Tonight:

A cloudy evening and night with some light rain or drizzle at times. Some misty low cloud developing across Shetland and Fair Isle. Light winds. Minimum temperature 5 °C.

Saturday:

Cloudy with some patchy light rain or drizzle, this mostly across Shetland. Orkney may see some brighter spells. Low cloud lingering across Shetland. Maximum temperature 10 °C.

Outlook for Sunday to Tuesday:

Rather cloudy with showers or longer spells of rain through the coming days. Winds will be mainly light through Sunday and Monday but a strengthening northerly develops on Tuesday.

Updated: 16:00 (UTC+1) on Fri 14 May 2021

Unsettled conditions continuing, with scattered showers again developing across most areas. To start the period, these may be heavy, and at times wintry in the far north, especially over hills. Further into this period, it is likely to remain changeable with a mixture of sunshine and scattered showers, though heavy in places with a risk of thunder. Brief spells of more organised cloud, bringing rain and strong winds, remain possible, particularly in the south. Generally staying breezy throughout. While temperatures by night are likely to below average, frost is expected to be restricted to prone locations, especially where winds fall light. By day, temperatures are likely to be around or slightly below average, notably cool in the South but cold in the North.

Updated: 16:00 (UTC+1) on Fri 14 May 2021

Confidence is low for this period, typical of Spring and early Summer. It is likely for conditions to remain changeable with showers at first, but probably becoming more settled with an increasing likelihood of drier conditions for many places. Temperatures possibly recovering to nearer average but with more settled conditions bringing some warmer days, and some cooler nights remain possible.

Updated: 16:00 (UTC+1) on Fri 14 May 2021