Orkney & Shetland regional forecast

Headline:

Mainly dry on Sunday with sunny spells developing.

This Evening and Tonight:

Windy with gales at times around the coast. It will be mostly dry and fairly cloudy, although a few light showers are possible later in the night. Minimum temperature 6 °C.

Sunday:

Mainly dry and becoming brighter with some sunshine breaking through, just an isolated light shower. Feeling chilly in the brisk northerly winds, but these gradually easing during the day. Maximum temperature 11 °C.

Outlook for Monday to Wednesday:

Mainly dry, bright on Monday, but a few showers possible. A band of rain pushing in from the west on Tuesday afternoon. Mostly cloudy with rain or showers on Wednesday.

Updated: 16:00 (UTC+1) on Sat 6 Jun 2020

The start of the period is likely to see, scattered showers and longer spells of rain interspersed with periods of drier and sunnier weather. Western areas will see the worst of any wet weather whilst the southeast will have the best of any sunshine. However, there is a risk of some thundery showers developing across the south and east of the country. It will be windy at times, especially across northern regions. Temperatures are likely to be above average initially but trend towards normal towards the middle of the period. The changeable weather pattern is likely to persist till the end of the period. Though there will be periods of dry and settled weather at times.

Updated: 16:00 (UTC+1) on Sat 6 Jun 2020

The changeable conditons are likely to continue into July, with periods of drier and more settled conditions interspersed with showers or longer spells of rain at times. Temperatures should be close to average for the majority of June, but towards the end of the month they could trend above average.

Updated: 16:00 (UTC+1) on Sat 6 Jun 2020