Stronsay Airfield (Orkney Islands) weather

Headline:

Sunny spells and showers on Wednesday.

This Evening and Tonight:

Sunny spells this evening then clear intervals overnight. Occasional showers throughout the night with some of these quite heavy. Fresh to strong west or southwesterly winds. Minimum temperature 7 °C.

Wednesday:

A bright day with some sunny spells along with a few showers, these showers becoming isolated later. Fresh westerly breeze easing down further. Maximum temperature 12 °C.

Outlook for Thursday to Saturday:

Cloud and rain arriving Thursday morning, strong easterly winds, drier in Orkney later. Sunny spells and a few showers follow Friday. Dry start Saturday then some rain later.

Continuing changeable with further frontal systems running east into the UK bringing further spells of rain, with showery interludes in-between. Strong winds may also develop at times, particularly towards the northwest. With time, the signs are that systems will increasingly track to the northwest of the country, with the south probably starting to see longer, drier interludes while the northwest continues to see more in the way of rain and at times strong winds, Temperatures are expected to be around or a little above normal overall, but will be cooler in any prolonged periods of rainfall. Meanwhile, there is the possibility of some very warm or even hot conditions developing later in this period, especially in the south, and these bring with them the chance of thunderstorms.

Changeable weather across the UK with a mixture of Atlantic weather systems moving in from the west interspersed with dry and sunny periods. Wetter conditions tending to be towards the northwest of the UK, with the south and southeast likely to see more in the way of dry weather, Temperatures are most likely to be near or slightly above normal, perhaps with some hot spells at times, especially across the south. Any hot spells may be accompanied by an increased chance of thunderstorms though.