High pressure building for the weekend
After what feels like weeks and indeed months of wind and rain, there is some good news on the horizon.
Read moreDry with sunny spells Friday. Breezy.
Friday will be largely dry with sunny spells. Strong northerly winds at first, with gales across Shetland to start the day, but winds gradually easing through the day. Maximum temperature 7 °C.
Dry with clear spells through the evening and overnight. Cloud thickening from the west for Orkney in the early hours. Minimum temperature 2 °C.
Dry Saturday for Shetland, but cloud, rain and drizzle pushing in to Orkney from the morning, persisting all day. Cloud and drizzle reaching Shetland late evening. Maximum temperature 7 °C.
Cloudy with patchy light rain or drizzle Sunday into Monday midday. Becoming drier and brighter with sunny spells from Monday afternoon continuing to Tuesday.
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This period will be dominated by high pressure to the northwest of the UK and lower pressure to the southeast over the near continent, and the extent to which of these systems dominates at any particular time. The wind will probably therefore predominantly come from a northerly direction, so temperatures overall are likely to remain around or a little below average, with any warmer conditions generally further west - and near some eastern coasts it could feel quite cold at times. There should be a reasonable amount of dry weather around, especially in the north and west, but some rain or showers are likely at times, most-likely in the south and east at first, but with an increasing risk elsewhere towards early May.
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In this period, the chances of unsettled weather are slightly less than usual in the north and about the same as usual further south. Therefore, some spells of wetter weather are likely for all, but perhaps especially southern areas at first with the driest conditions probably further north. Temperatures will probably near or a little below average at first, but likely to recover to around or a little above average through early-mid May. Also worth noting that average temperatures themselves rise by around 1C per week at this time of year.
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