Fair Isle Airstrip weather

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Rain for a time Tuesday otherwise bright spells and showers

Today:

Dry, bright start with some sunshine over Shetland. Cloud and rain soon spreading across Orkney and moving into Shetland early afternoon with bright spells and showers following to Orkney and then to Shetland later. Rather fresh south then southwesterly winds. Maximum temperature 15 °C.

Tonight:

Some late sunshine, with showers mostly dying out in evening. Then clear spells overnight but more showers will push in from west, some heavy showers, especially over Shetland. Breezy. Minimum temperature 9 °C.

Wednesday:

Sunny spells and showers, some heavy, especially in the afternoon, but cloudier with some rain in the evening, though more especially across Shetland. Lighter winds. Maximum temperature 14 °C.

Outlook for Thursday to Saturday:

Some heavy rain Thursday morning, then bright spells and showers. Some heavy showers around with risk of hail and thunder, but drier over Orkney on Saturday. Mostly light winds.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC+1) on Tue 18 Jun 2019

On Sunday most places will start fine, bright, and dry and remain so through much of the day, especially in northern and eastern parts. Temperatures will recover to normal or be locally warm. However, for southwestern and western parts heavy rain and some strong winds should arrive during the day as low pressure moves towards the UK from the southwest. Rain is likely to spread northward and eastwards into Monday bringing unsettled weather more widely for the start of the next week. As we head into late June there are signs that high pressure may become more dominant, bringing a chance of settled and warm weather with temperatures mostly near normal. However, by early July we may see a return to greater influence from Atlantic again, although confidence is low.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC+1) on Tue 18 Jun 2019

During the first half of July predictability becomes very low, with mixed signals. However, at present the favored solution is for increased Atlantic mobility through this period, bringing spells of unsettled weather to the UK, generally associated with low pressure systems, interspersed by more settled anticyclonic regimes. This will likely mean that showers or longer spells of rain will affect northwestern parts of the UK, whilst the south and southeast will see more in the way of dry weather: although some thundery outbreaks are likely in the south and southeast as is usual this time of year. Temperatures through the period will probably near or slightly above average.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC+1) on Tue 18 Jun 2019