Sandwick weather

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A few showers and sunny spells. Haar Friday evening.

Today:

A bright day with some sunny spells and a few scattered showers. Low cloud and haar will spread in during the evening. Moderate southerly breeze becoming southeasterly later Maximum temperature 18 °C.

Tonight:

A mainly cloudy evening and night with some haar and even some showery outbreaks of rain at times. Moderate southeasterly breeze. Minimum temperature 12 °C.

Saturday:

A cloudy murky day with some showery rain or drizzle, and often a good deal of haar. Orkney may become sunnier later. Winds easing. Maximum temperature 16 °C.

Outlook for Sunday to Tuesday:

Sunday mainly dry with sunny spells, but some rain in Orkney in evening. Monday and Tuesday cloudy with some rain or drizzle. Windy for a time.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC+1) on Fri 19 Jul 2019

This period will tend to see a northwest to southeast split in the weather across the UK, with northwestern parts experiencing spells of rain, which could be heavy at times, as well as some periods of strong wind bringing a risk of coastal gales. By contrast, southern and southeastern parts of the UK should see much drier and warmer weather, which could be hot and rather humid at times, especially in the first half of the next week. Thunderstorms could develop as any hot, settled weather breaks down from the west. Beyond that, the forecast is more uncertain, but overall the northwest to southeast split will most probably continue. The south and southeast are likely to see some rain but it will be less frequent than in the northwest.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC+1) on Fri 19 Jul 2019

As we move into early August, the final month of the meteorological summer, confidence is low in the forecast with no one single weather pattern looking to dominate. As is often the case in summer, this could well mean plenty of fine, dry weather, interspersed with occasional rain or thundery outbreaks, leading to marked local variations in rainfall. Temperatures are likely to be above average, perhaps more especially in the south and west.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC+1) on Fri 19 Jul 2019