Fair Isle (Shetland Islands) weather

Headline:

Mainly dry today with sunny intervals.

Today:

Any overnight cloud and rain soon clearing. Then it will be a mainly dry with some bright or sunny intervals and the odd shower. Moderate west or southwesterly winds, occasionally fresh later. Maximum temperature 14 °C.

Tonight:

Becoming breezy this evening with a few brief showers. Then partly cloudy overnight with passing showers. Windy with fresh to strong west or southwesterly winds. Minimum temperature 9 °C.

Wednesday:

Mainly dry in the morning with the odd shower. Thickening cloud will bring some drizzly rain in the afternoon, clearing in the evening. Strong west or southwesterly winds. Maximum temperature 13 °C.

Outlook for Thursday to Saturday:

Mainly dry on Thursday. Cloudy on Friday and Saturday with a little rain at times. Fresh to strong westerly winds at times.

High pressure is expected to dominate for most if not all of the rest of the period, bringing plenty of dry, settled weather. Cloud amounts will be variable, and some overnight fog is likely, this slowly clearing through the morning. Frontal systems rounding the high may push some cloud and rain into the extreme north of the country at times along with some stronger winds, Orkney and Shetland most likely to see this, but here too the emphasis is on a good deal of dry and settled weather. Temperatures will be near average overall, but with some chilly nights possible, perhaps with isolated frost. Equally in any cloud breaks and light winds it will feel pleasantly warm by day.

The final third of October will likely see a transition to more unsettled conditions across the UK, with high pressure relinquishing its grip, though the timing and manner of this is uncertain. Whether this takes the form of successive depressions moving in from the Atlantic or a rather slower-evolving weather pattern remains to be seen, but there is a greater chance of most if not all places seeing spells of rain or showers and possibly strong winds later in the month, these conditions continuing into the start of November. Temperatures will probably be close to average overall.