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Today (17 September 2019)
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| Chance of precipitation | 10% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% |
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| Feels like temperature (°C) | 6° | 6° | 6° | 6° | 6° | 6° | 6° |
| Wind direction and speed (mph) | NNW 16 | NNW 16 | NNW 16 | NNW 15 | NNW 15 | NNW 14 | NNW 15 |
| Wind gust (mph) | 21 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 |
| Visibility | E | E | E | E | E | E | E |
| Humidity | 82% | 75% | 73% | 74% | 73% | 70% | 69% |
| UV | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Wednesday (18 September 2019)
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| Chance of precipitation | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10% |
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| Feels like temperature (°C) | 6° | 6° | 6° | 6° | 6° | 6° | 6° | 7° | 7° | 8° | 8° | 8° | 8° | 8° | 8° | 8° | 8° | 8° | 8° | 8° | 8° | 8° | 8° | 8° |
| Wind direction and speed (mph) | NNW 15 | NNW 14 | NNW 13 | NNW 13 | NNW 13 | NNW 11 | NNW 10 | NNW 9 | N 8 | N 6 | NNE 5 | NNE 4 | NE 5 | ENE 5 | ENE 5 | ENE 5 | ENE 5 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 7 | E 6 | E 6 | E 6 | ESE 7 |
| Wind gust (mph) | 18 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 |
| Visibility | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | VG |
| Humidity | 67% | 66% | 67% | 67% | 67% | 67% | 66% | 64% | 63% | 62% | 62% | 62% | 65% | 65% | 64% | 65% | 65% | 66% | 67% | 68% | 68% | 69% | 70% | 73% |
| UV | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Thursday (19 September 2019)
| Time | 00:00 | 01:00 | 04:00 | 07:00 | 10:00 | 13:00 | 16:00 | 19:00 | 22:00 |
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| Chance of precipitation | 10% | 20% | 50% | 60% | 80% | 50% | 50% | 20% | 20% |
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| Feels like temperature (°C) | 7° | 7° | 7° | 8° | 9° | 9° | 9° | 9° | 8° |
| Wind direction and speed (mph) | SE 8 | SSE 9 | S 15 | SSW 17 | WSW 17 | W 18 | W 19 | W 18 | W 19 |
| Wind gust (mph) | 11 | 13 | 20 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 24 |
| Visibility | VG | VG | VG | P | G | G | G | G | G |
| Humidity | 72% | 74% | 88% | 96% | 95% | 93% | 94% | 94% | 94% |
| UV | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - |
Friday (20 September 2019)
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| Chance of precipitation | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10% | <5% | <5% | <5% | <5% |
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| Feels like temperature (°C) | 8° | 8° | 9° | 10° | 11° | 11° | 9° | 9° |
| Wind direction and speed (mph) | W 18 | WSW 15 | WSW 14 | SW 13 | SSW 13 | S 13 | SSE 15 | SSE 18 |
| Wind gust (mph) | 23 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 20 | 24 |
| Visibility | G | G | G | VG | VG | VG | G | G |
| Humidity | 94% | 94% | 94% | 89% | 87% | 87% | 92% | 91% |
| UV | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - |
Saturday (21 September 2019)
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| Chance of precipitation | <5% | <5% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10% |
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| Feels like temperature (°C) | 8° | 8° | 8° | 9° | 9° | 9° | 8° | 8° |
| Wind direction and speed (mph) | SSE 21 | S 23 | S 25 | SSE 26 | SSE 28 | SSE 28 | SSE 29 | SSE 29 |
| Wind gust (mph) | 28 | 31 | 33 | 35 | 38 | 38 | 39 | 39 |
| Visibility | G | VG | G | VG | VG | VG | VG | VG |
| Humidity | 90% | 92% | 93% | 90% | 88% | 87% | 88% | 88% |
| UV | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - |
Sunday (22 September 2019)
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| Feels like temperature (°C) | 8° | 9° | 9° | 9° | 10° | 10° | 10° | 9° |
| Wind direction and speed (mph) | SSE 29 | SSE 27 | SSE 26 | SSE 26 | S 24 | S 20 | SSW 18 | S 18 |
| Wind gust (mph) | 39 | 37 | 35 | 35 | 31 | 26 | 24 | 23 |
| Visibility | VG | VG | VG | G | G | G | G | VG |
| Humidity | 88% | 89% | 89% | 88% | 88% | 88% | 89% | 90% |
| UV | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - |
Monday (23 September 2019)
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| Feels like temperature (°C) | 9° | 9° | 9° | 9° | 10° | 10° | 9° | 9° |
| Wind direction and speed (mph) | S 18 | S 17 | S 17 | S 18 | SSE 19 | SSE 19 | S 21 | S 21 |
| Wind gust (mph) | 24 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 27 | 27 |
| Visibility | VG | VG | VG | VG | VG | G | G | G |
| Humidity | 90% | 90% | 91% | 89% | 88% | 89% | 90% | 90% |
| UV | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - |
Orkney & Shetland weather forecast
Headline:
Wednesday dull with rain for Orkney. Shetland mainly dry, bright.
This Evening and Tonight:
Mainly dry clear evening. Cloud increasing towards midnight across Orkney bringing some patchy rain towards dawn, but Shetland should stay dry with clear spells more widespread to the north of Sullom Voe. Northerly winds brisk initially across northern Shetland. Minimum temperature 5 °C.
Wednesday:
Orkney overcast with occasional light rain or drizzle. Shetland faring better with dry, bright morning, but cloud thickening from the south bringing the chance of light rain late in day. Maximum temperature 13 °C.
Outlook for Thursday to Saturday:
Mostly settled but rather a lot of cloud around with patchy light rain and drizzle. Orkney may see some sunnier spells, especially Friday and Saturday. Strengthening southerly winds on Saturday.
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UK long range weather forecast
After a mostly fine start to the weekend, unsettled weather in the west will probably spread to eastwards to affect most areas on Sunday, with outbreaks of rain, which may be heavy at times. With this, winds will strengthen too with the risk of gales in the west and north and it will feel cooler here too. Thereafter, as we look ahead into the final week of September changeable weather is likely to dominate for many, with the northwest probably seeing the strongest winds and heaviest rain. In contrast, southeastern areas may see longer spells of drier and brighter weather, but with the chance of some rain too, although confidence in the forecast becomes low.
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Confidence in the forecast remains low through this period. However the most likely situation is for a northwest/southeast split. Northwestern areas will probably continue to see spells of wet and windy weather with occasional brighter and showery interludes. Temperatures will be on the cooler side here too. Meanwhile southeastern parts of the UK are more likely to see the best of the dry weather with daytime temperatures fairly warm for the time of year. However, overnight in the southeast it will turn chilly bringing an increased chance of mist, fog and rural frost.
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