Papa Stour Airstrip (Shetland Islands) weather

Headline:

Mainly dry morning, a few afternoon showers. Cold northerly winds

Today:

The odd light wintry shower to start but otherwise a mostly dry morning with bright spells. A few scattered wintry showers in the afternoon, mainly for Shetland. Cold northerly winds. Maximum temperature 6 °C.

Tonight:

A rather cloudy but chilly night with a few scattered showers, these mostly light and falling as snow on higher ground. Fresh northerly winds will ease somewhat. Minimum temperature 1 °C.

Thursday:

Chilly conditions continuing with scattered showers across the Isles, these perhaps wintry over higher ground. Orkney will remain rather cloudy through the day, best of the sunnier spells for Shetland. Maximum temperature 6 °C.

Outlook for Friday to Sunday:

A settled period with variable amounts of cloud and some sunshine at times. Most places will remain dry, however the odd light shower can't be ruled out at times.

The dominant area of high pressure will gradually drift away to the E of the UK through the early part of next week. So initially there should be a good deal of dry weather with plenty of sunshine by day, but still some noticeably chilly nights with frost fairly widespread. The odd fog patch is possible in the north, and a brisk breeze across the south will make it feel notably chilly here. Beyond that we will likely to see a gradual transition to less settled conditions. So rain or showers at times, mostly focussed across the south at first, then more widely later. With winds turning to the south it will become much milder, possibly very mild in places for a time.

Confidence is low, but through the end of March changeable weather patterns are most likely. This means periods of unsettled, wet and windy weather interspersed with some drier and brighter spells. Into early April, there may be a transition to more-frequent drier and more settled spells. Temperatures will probably be above average overall.