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SEAOrkney Shetland10111111110110100000Friday20172022Aberdeen
Aberporth
Anglesey
Aviemore
Barnstaple
Bedford
Belfast
Birmingham
Bournemouth
Bridlington
Bristol
Camborne
Cardiff
Edinburgh
Eskdalemuir
Glasgow
Hereford
Herstmonceux
Ipswich
Isle of Man
Isle of Wight
Jersey
Keswick
Kinloss
Leeds
Lerwick
Leuchars
Lincoln
Liverpool
London
Lyneham
Manchester
Margate
Milford Haven
Newcastle
Nottingham
Orkney
Oxford
Plymouth
Portland
Scilly, St Mary’s
Shoreham
Shrewsbury
Snowdonia
Southend
South Uist
Stornoway
Tiree
Whitehaven
Wick
YeoviltonAround Britain
Key: b=bright, c=cloud, d=drizzle, pc=partly cloudy
du=dull, f=fair, fg=fog, h=hail, m=mist, r=rain,
sh=showers, sl=sleet, sn=snow, s=sun, t=thunder
*=previous day **=data not available
Temp C Rain mm Sun hr*
midday yesterday 24 hrs to 5pm yesterdayNoon today14 R 6.6 7.7
15 PC 0.0 12.4
15 PC 0.0 12.1
14 C 0.6 2.9
19 PC 0.0 **
18 PC 0.0 **
15 C 0.0 9.2
15 C 0.0 **
20 PC 0.0 1.4
16 C 0.0 **
16 C 0.0 9.1
17 PC 0.0 13.7
17 PC 0.0 10.1
16 PC 0.0 5.3
13 C 0.4 4.5
15 B 1.4 5.3
17 PC 0.0 **
19 PC 0.2 0.8
17 PC 0.0 1.1
15 PC 0.0 11.6
20 PC 0.0 **
19 S 0.0 5.3
14 PC 0.2 **
15 PC 0.0 2.7
13 C 0.0 **
14 PC 0.4 7.2
16 C 0.8 9.8
16 B 0.0 10.9
16 PC 0.0 **
18 PC 0.0 1.5
17 PC 0.0 6.1
16 PC 0.0 10.6
18 PC 1.4 2.2
17 PC 0.0 **
15 C 0.0 **
16 C 0.0 11.4
12 C 6.6 5.2
18 PC 0.0 **
20 S 0.0 **
20 S 0.0 **
** ** ** **
20 PC 0.0 0.2
16 PC 0.0 11.9
13 C 0.0 **
18 C 0.0 1.6
14 PC 3.2 **
13 PC 0.6 1.5
14 C 3.2 5.7
14 C 0.0 8.2
11 SH 5.0 **
17 PC 0.0 3.1The world
All readings local midday yesterday
Alicante
Amsterdam
Athens
Auckland
Bahrain
Bangkok
Barbados
Barcelona
Beijing
Beirut
Belgrade
Berlin
Bermuda
Bordeaux
Brussels
Bucharest
Budapest
Buenos Aires
Cairo
Calcutta
Canberra
Cape Town
Chicago
Copenhagen
Corfu
Delhi
Dubai
Dublin
Faro
Florence
Frankfurt
Geneva
Gibraltar
Harare
Helsinki
Hong Kong
Honolulu
Istanbul
Jerusalem
Johannesburg
Kuala Lumpur
Lanzarote
Las Palmas
Lima
Lisbon
Los Angeles
LuxorMadeira
Madrid
Mallorca
Malaga
Malta
Melbourne
Mexico City
Miami
Milan
Mombasa
Montreal
Moscow
Mumbai
Munich
Nairobi
Naples
New Orleans
New York
Nice
Nicosia
Oslo
Paris
Perth
Prague
Reykjavik
Riga
Rio de Janeiro
Riyadh
Rome
San Francisco
Santiago
São Paulo
Seoul
Seychelles
Singapore
St Petersburg
Stockholm
Sydney
Tel Aviv
Tenerife
Tokyo
Vancouver
Venice
Vienna
Warsaw
Washington
Zurich28 S
20 PC
3 1 PC
16 B
44 S
33 PC
3 2 PC
27 PC
30 S
31 S
24 B
25 PC
29 PC
32 S
20 S
26 PC
26 B
22 S
33 S
34 S
11 S
19 S
23 B
19 C
29 S
29 M
40 S
17 PC
30 S
31 S
24 PC
29 PC
27 PC
** **
23 PC
33 PC
31 B
27 PC
32 S
17 S
3 2 PC
28 PC
26 PC
16 DU
28 S
20 B
39 S2 4 PC
3 5 S
29 PC
2 9 S
28 SH
10 SH
2 4 B
33 B
3 0 S
27 PC
3 0 B
19 SH
30 S
26 PC
19 DU
29 PC
28 R
3 1 B
26 PC
3 4 S
17 B
23 PC
17 PC
25 T
12 B
2 7 S
27 S
44 S
28 S
2 2 PC
14 PC
22 S
2 4 B
28 PC
3 1 B
25 PC
2 0 S
16 S
3 2 S
27 S
28 PC
20 B
2 7 S
27 PC
28 PC
36 B
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by WeatherquesttFive days ahead
Becoming more
unsettled towards the
weekend, with rain or
showers for many placesToday Sunny spells in southern areas. Cloudy with patchy rain in the northwest. Max 24C (75F), min 5C (41F)
Tides
Tidal predictions.
Heights in metres
Today Ht Ht
Aberdeen
Avonmouth
Belfast
Cardiff
Devonport
Dover
Dublin
Falmouth
Greenock
Harwich
Holyhead
Hull
Leith
Liverpool
London Bridge
Lowestoft
Milford Haven
Morecambe
Newhaven
Newquay
Oban
Penzance
Portsmouth
Shoreham
Southampton
Swansea
Tees
Weymouth0 2:27 4.1 14:55 4.1
0 8:32 12.5 20:50 12. 9
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0 8:18 11.7 20:3 6 12. 1
0 7:0 6 5.1 19:20 5.4
1 2:20 6 .5 --:-- --
0 0:2 6 4.0 12:5 6 3. 9
06 :29 4.9 18:45 5.1
0 1:19 3.4 13:54 3.1
0 0:47 3.9 13:09 3. 9
1 1:42 5.3 23:58 5. 6
0 7:28 7.3 2 0 : 00 7.3
0 3:47 5.4 1 6 :10 5.4
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0 3:02 7.0 15:27 6. 9
1 0:44 2.5 23:15 2.4
0 7:29 6. 6 19:47 6. 9
0 0:14 9.0 12:38 9. 0
0 0:00 6.4 12:30 6. 5
06 :19 6 .7 18:37 6. 9
0 7:14 3.7 19:20 3. 9
05 : 51 5 .2 18:12 5. 5
0 0:25 4.6 12:55 4.6
0 0:05 6 .0 12:35 6 .1
0 2:21 4.1 11: 5 8 4.4
0 7:3 6 8.9 19:51 9.2
0 4:4 6 5 .2 17:13 5 .2
0 8:10 1.9 20:22 2.2Synoptic situation
An area of high pressure ridging
from near the Azores will
lead to dry and largely sunny
conditions across much of
England, Wales and southern
Ireland. Sunny spells to start
farther north, but a set of
fronts will spread cloud and rain
across northern parts of Ireland
and Scotland, spreading into
northern England during the
evening and overnight.Highs and lows
24hrs to 5pm yesterday
Warmest: Gospot Fleetlands ,
Hampshire, 23.8C
Coldest: Cairngorm, 1.9C
Wettest: Balmoral, 8.8mm
Sunniest: Morecambe,
Lancashire, 14.6hrs*
Sun and moon
For Greenwich
Sun rises:
Sun sets:
Moon rises:
Moon sets:
First quarter: July 27Hours of darkness
Aberdeen
Belfast
Birmingham
Cardiff
Exeter
Glasgow
Liverpool
London
Manchester
Newcastle
Norwich
Penzance
Sheffi eld22:12- 0 4:1 8
22:13- 0 4:4 8
21:4 6 - 0 4:4 3
21:4 6 -04:5 3
21:44-04: 57
22:13-04:3 5
21: 55 -04:4 3
21:34-04:4 0
21:52-04:3 9
21:57-04:2 9
21:34-04:2 9
21:50-05:0 8
21:48-04:3 7General situation: Largely dry with ld
sunny spells in the south. Cloudy with
showers or spells of rain farther north.
Lake District, NE Eng, NW Eng, E Eng,
Cen N Eng, IoM, N Wales: Generally
dry with spells of sunshine at fi rst, but
with a few showers in north Wales.
CloudierCloudier in the north later with a in the north later with a
little bit of patchy rain possible. Light
northwesterly winds. Maximum
20C (68F), minimum 7C (45F).
NW Scotland, Argyll, Cen Highland,
Glasgow, SW Scotland: Bright spellsand showers at fi rst. Turning cloudier
from the west with outbreaks of rain,
becoming persistent in places. Light
southwesterly winds. Maximum
1 8C (64F), minimum 5C (41F).
NE Scotland, Moray Firth, Aberdeen,
Edinburgh & Dundee, Borders, N Isles:
LargelyLargely sunny to start with a few odd sunny to start with a few odd
showers. Cloudier later with showers
or spells of rain in places. Light
westerly winds. Maximum 19C (66F),
minimum 9C (48F).
Republic of Ireland, N Ireland: Dry withsunny spells in the south, although
turning cloudier later. Cloudy with
patchy rain in northern areas. Light
southwesterly winds, fresh on the
northwest coast. Maximum
20C (68F), minimum 10C (50F).
Channel Is, SW Eng, Cen S Eng, SE Eng,
London,London E Anglia Midlands S Wales: E Anglia, Midlands, S Wales:
Dry with largely unbroken sunshine
during the morning, but patchy cloud
will develop later in places. Light and
generally variable winds. Maximum
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naturalresources.wales/fl ooding and
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16S
omething interesting has
happened to Shetland on
BBC weather maps: it is no
longer stuck in a box on its
own. Now it sits proudly with
the rest of the country, although
separated by an expanse of sea.
Two years ago, the Islands
(Scotland) Act made a “Shetland
mapping requirement” compulsory
to liberate the islands from their box
in the top right-hand corner of maps
published by public authorities.
Map makers had argued that the
boxes were useful, an argument
backed up by the Ordnance Survey
mapping agency, which said that
inset boxes avoid “publishing maps
which are mostly sea”. As a
spokesman for the company pointed
out: “The Shetland Islands are
approximately 245km (152 miles)
from the Scottish mainland, from
the most northerly part of the
Shetland Islands to John o’Groats,
and 690km (428 miles) from the
most southerly point of the Scottish
and English border.”
Consisting of more than 100
islands, 15 of them inhabited,
Shetland stretches about 100 miles
from north to south and the most
northerly island, Unst, is as far north
as Anchorage in Alaska. The capital,
Lerwick, is only 18 miles nearer to
Aberdeen than to Bergen, Norway,
Its geographical location makes
the climate of Shetland fascinating.
The first tourist guide to the islands
published after the First World War
described it in a pithy sentence:
“The weather in Shetland can be
good, and sometimes it is.” It is one
of the stormiest places in Europe, as
the islands bear the brunt of fierce
Atlantic gales, and in a year wind
speeds average about force 4.
Yet the range of average
temperatures over a year in
Shetland is very narrow. It rarely
gets very hot or very cold and the
summers are predominantly
showery and cool. The record for
the highest temperature was 27.8C
on August 6, 1910 at Sumburgh
Head. Another quirk of the islands’
climate is that rainfall averages just
1,037mm (41in) a year, only half the
total for Fort William in the
western Highlands.Weather Eye
Paul Simons