Birsay Bay (Orkney Islands) weather

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    Today (23 November 2024)
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    Weather symbols
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    Cloudy
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    Light rain
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    Heavy rain
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    Light rain
    Chance of precipitation
    20%
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    70%
    80%
    ≥95%
    ≥95%
    ≥95%
    ≥95%
    ≥95%
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    ≥95%
    ≥95%
    80%
    70%
    Temperature
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    -2°
    -2°
    -1°
    -1°
    -1°
    -1°
    Wind direction and speed
    ESE
    15
    ESE
    17
    ESE
    20
    ESE
    22
    ESE
    24
    ESE
    25
    ESE
    26
    ESE
    28
    ESE
    30
    ESE
    31
    ESE
    31
    ESE
    31
    ESE
    31
    ESE
    30
    ESE
    30
    ESE
    29
    Wind gust (mph)
    41
    46
    51
    54
    56
    59
    63
    64
    66
    66
    65
    65
    62
    60
    56
    55
    Visibility
    E
    VG
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    G
    Humidity
    76%
    76%
    71%
    74%
    74%
    74%
    76%
    85%
    86%
    87%
    87%
    87%
    90%
    92%
    95%
    96%
    UV
    1
    1
    1
    1
    1
    1
    1
    1
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    Wind direction and speed
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    1.4
    1.4
    1.4
    1.4
    1.5
    1.5
    1.5
    1.5
    1.6
    1.6
    1.7
    1.7
    1.7
    1.6
    1.6
    1.6
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    Direction of waves offshore
    Sunday (24 November 2024)
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    Weather symbols
    Light rain
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    Light rain
    Light rain
    Light rain
    Light rain
    Partly cloudy night
    Partly cloudy night
    Sunny day
    Sunny day
    Sunny day
    Sunny day
    Sunny day
    Sunny intervals
    Partly cloudy night
    Cloudy
    Cloudy
    Cloudy
    Partly cloudy night
    Partly cloudy night
    Partly cloudy night
    Partly cloudy night
    Cloudy
    70%
    90%
    90%
    60%
    80%
    80%
    70%
    30%
    20%
    10%
    10%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    10%
    10%
    20%
    30%
    30%
    20%
    30%
    10%
    20%
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    ESE
    27
    SE
    26
    SE
    25
    SE
    24
    SSE
    23
    SSE
    21
    S
    17
    SSW
    16
    SSW
    16
    SSW
    16
    S
    16
    S
    17
    S
    17
    S
    16
    SSE
    17
    SSE
    17
    SSE
    18
    SSE
    20
    SSE
    21
    SSE
    22
    S
    22
    S
    22
    S
    23
    S
    23
    53
    49
    49
    47
    43
    40
    36
    37
    38
    37
    38
    38
    39
    39
    40
    43
    45
    46
    48
    49
    50
    50
    49
    50
    G
    G
    M
    G
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    97%
    97%
    95%
    96%
    96%
    94%
    92%
    91%
    88%
    86%
    85%
    84%
    84%
    83%
    81%
    79%
    77%
    76%
    76%
    76%
    76%
    76%
    77%
    76%
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    1
    1
    1
    1
    1
    1
    1
    1
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    1.5
    1.5
    1.4
    1.3
    1.3
    1.3
    1.3
    1.4
    1.5
    1.6
    1.6
    1.6
    1.7
    1.7
    1.9
    2.0
    2.1
    2.1
    2.1
    2.1
    2.1
    2.0
    2.0
    2.1
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    11
    13
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    13
    13
    13
    12
    12
    12
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    12
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    12
    12
    12
    Monday (25 November 2024)
    Time
    00:00
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    06:00
    09:00
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    Weather symbols
    Overcast
    Light shower night
    Light shower night
    Light shower day
    Light rain
    Light shower night
    Light shower night
    Light rain
    40%
    50%
    70%
    70%
    90%
    90%
    ≥95%
    90%
    S
    23
    S
    23
    SSW
    22
    SW
    24
    WSW
    21
    WNW
    20
    NW
    23
    NNW
    24
    53
    51
    51
    50
    47
    49
    51
    53
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    75%
    80%
    85%
    84%
    85%
    86%
    87%
    86%
    -
    -
    -
    1
    1
    1
    -
    -
    2.3
    2.7
    2.4
    2.4
    2.9
    3.0
    3.6
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    12
    12
    12
    12
    12
    12
    12
    12
    Tuesday (26 November 2024)
    Time
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    Weather symbols
    Light rain
    Light rain
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    Light shower day
    Light shower day
    Light shower night
    Light shower night
    Light shower night
    90%
    90%
    90%
    80%
    80%
    70%
    50%
    50%
    NNW
    26
    NNW
    26
    NNW
    24
    N
    21
    N
    18
    N
    15
    N
    13
    N
    11
    54
    53
    50
    46
    42
    37
    34
    30
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    85%
    86%
    83%
    79%
    74%
    74%
    71%
    76%
    -
    -
    -
    1
    1
    1
    -
    -
    5.6
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    5.2
    4.7
    4.1
    3.7
    3.3
    2.9
    12
    13
    13
    12
    12
    12
    12
    11
    Wednesday (27 November 2024)
    Time
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    Weather symbols
    Partly cloudy night
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    Cloudy
    Cloudy
    Cloudy
    Overcast
    Overcast
    Overcast
    50%
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    40%
    30%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    N
    9
    N
    9
    N
    8
    NNE
    8
    NNW
    9
    NNW
    9
    NW
    8
    NW
    7
    27
    26
    26
    25
    24
    22
    22
    19
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    VG
    77%
    78%
    77%
    77%
    74%
    75%
    77%
    81%
    -
    -
    -
    1
    1
    1
    -
    -
    2.4
    2.1
    1.8
    1.6
    1.4
    1.3
    1.2
    1.2
    11
    11
    10
    10
    10
    9
    9
    9
    Thursday (28 November 2024)
    Time
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    Weather symbols
    Overcast
    Overcast
    Overcast
    Overcast
    Overcast
    Overcast
    Overcast
    Overcast
    30%
    20%
    30%
    20%
    20%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    WNW
    7
    WNW
    7
    WNW
    7
    NNW
    6
    NW
    7
    NNW
    7
    NNW
    6
    N
    6
    19
    18
    16
    17
    17
    16
    14
    14
    VG
    VG
    G
    G
    VG
    VG
    G
    G
    83%
    84%
    88%
    90%
    84%
    86%
    89%
    88%
    -
    -
    -
    1
    1
    1
    -
    -
    1.3
    1.3
    1.4
    1.5
    1.6
    1.7
    1.8
    1.7
    9
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    9
    9
    Friday (29 November 2024)
    Time
    00:00
    03:00
    06:00
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    Weather symbols
    Overcast
    Overcast
    Overcast
    Overcast
    Overcast
    Overcast
    Overcast
    Overcast
    10%
    20%
    30%
    30%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    SW
    6
    S
    6
    S
    7
    S
    7
    SSW
    8
    ESE
    8
    ESE
    8
    ESE
    8
    13
    16
    16
    19
    19
    20
    22
    23
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    90%
    90%
    90%
    87%
    84%
    88%
    86%
    90%
    -
    -
    -
    1
    1
    1
    -
    -
    1.7
    9

    Tide times

    Saturday 23 November

    Tide times and heights are from Tingwall tidal station which is 10.0 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Saturday 23 November

    Tide times and heights are from Tingwall tidal station which is 10.0 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Saturday 23 November

    Tide times and heights are from Tingwall tidal station which is 10.0 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Saturday 23 November

    Tide times and heights are from Tingwall tidal station which is 10.0 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Sunday 24 November

    Tide times and heights are from Tingwall tidal station which is 10.0 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Sunday 24 November

    Tide times and heights are from Tingwall tidal station which is 10.0 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Sunday 24 November

    Tide times and heights are from Tingwall tidal station which is 10.0 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Sunday 24 November

    Tide times and heights are from Tingwall tidal station which is 10.0 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Monday 25 November

    Tide times and heights are from Tingwall tidal station which is 10.0 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Monday 25 November

    Tide times and heights are from Tingwall tidal station which is 10.0 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Monday 25 November

    Tide times and heights are from Tingwall tidal station which is 10.0 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Monday 25 November

    Tide times and heights are from Tingwall tidal station which is 10.0 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Tuesday 26 November

    Tide times and heights are from Tingwall tidal station which is 10.0 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Tuesday 26 November

    Tide times and heights are from Tingwall tidal station which is 10.0 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Tuesday 26 November

    Tide times and heights are from Tingwall tidal station which is 10.0 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Tuesday 26 November

    Tide times and heights are from Tingwall tidal station which is 10.0 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Wednesday 27 November

    Tide times and heights are from Tingwall tidal station which is 10.0 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Wednesday 27 November

    Tide times and heights are from Tingwall tidal station which is 10.0 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Wednesday 27 November

    Tide times and heights are from Tingwall tidal station which is 10.0 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Wednesday 27 November

    Tide times and heights are from Tingwall tidal station which is 10.0 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Thursday 28 November

    Tide times and heights are from Tingwall tidal station which is 10.0 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Thursday 28 November

    Tide times and heights are from Tingwall tidal station which is 10.0 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Thursday 28 November

    Tide times and heights are from Tingwall tidal station which is 10.0 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Thursday 28 November

    Tide times and heights are from Tingwall tidal station which is 10.0 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Friday 29 November

    Tide times and heights are from Tingwall tidal station which is 10.0 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Friday 29 November

    Tide times and heights are from Tingwall tidal station which is 10.0 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Friday 29 November

    Tide times and heights are from Tingwall tidal station which is 10.0 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Friday 29 November

    Tide times and heights are from Tingwall tidal station which is 10.0 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

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    Orkney & Shetland weather forecast

    Headline:

    Storm Bert brings gales then periods of rain.

    Today:

    Bright spells with a few showers becoming cloudy but drier for a time. Outbreaks of rain spread north over Orkney from the early afternoon with Shetland remaining dry into the evening. Southeast wind continues strengthening Orkney, spreading to Shetland later. Maximum temperature 6 °C.

    Tonight:

    A cloudy night, outbreaks of rain spread to Shetland by late evening, clearing Orkney for a time later. The wind eases a little overnight. Minimum temperature 3 °C.

    Sunday:

    Bright spells increase as rain clears north Sunday morning. The southeast wind strengthens as showers spread east through the afternoon. Maximum temperature 9 °C.

    Outlook for Monday to Wednesday:

    Wind turns north and strengthens to gale as showers, snow on hills, become frequent Monday. Showers clear and the wind falls light Tuesday leaving Wednesday mainly dry with bright spells.

    Updated:

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