Kirkwall Hotel - Weather around Kirkwall and Orkney

An instant one click link to the regional weather forecast for KW15. It is just the best! You also have long range weather forecasts for Orkney. These are starting to become extraordinary accurate even over 7 days

The Met office website has all sorts of weather information - from the forecast for the area around Kirkwall to the weather anywhere in the world. Basically the BBC weather without the nice graphics - plus some really interesting background information. Weather geeks gather here! If you what to know what a Cumulonimbus cloud looks like, how the Met Office forecast April Showers a week ahead, what you should know about pollen or what the weather is in Azerbaijan this is your weather site!

Interestingly the BBC no longer use the met office but still seem to get the weather right.

Click for the big weather picture. This are detailed text driven forecasts for the coming week and the weeks to come.  

See the UK wide forecast, the monthly forecast, flood and extreme weather warnings.

Follow rain belts on the radar picture.