Papa Stour Airstrip (Shetland Islands) weather

Headline:

Rain clearing Shetland Wednesday evening. Mainly dry, bright Thursday.

This Evening and Tonight:

Rain soon clears Shetland but murky conditions remain this evening with a risk of fog. Largely clear conditions for Orkney will spread to Shetland later. Winds easing somewhat through the night. Minimum temperature 11 °C.

Thursday:

Mostly dry with plenty of sunshine. Orkney will have a sunny morning, with low risk of the odd shower in the afternoon. Patchy rain possible for Shetland in the morning. Maximum temperature 15 °C.

Outlook for Friday to Sunday:

Showers or longer spells of rain on Friday interspersed with some bright spells. The weekend will be largely cloudy and windy with patchy rain at times.

The southern UK will likely be under the influence of high pressure for the first few days of this period. This means plenty of dry weather to be had here, albeit with some chilly nights and overnight and morning fog in places. In the north, a rather more changeable pattern will continue, with occasional rain and windy conditions at times. Broadly changeable weather patterns look to continue through mid-month, with ridges of high pressure extending from the southwest, interspersed by Atlantic frontal systems. These could be associated with quite deep and fast-moving depressions, bringing the potential for windy weather more widely, again most likely in the north. Temperatures probably near or slightly above normal overall, with day to day variations.

The second half of October will probably maintain a changeable pattern overall with showers or longer spells of rain often moving in from the Atlantic. This means the wettest and at times windiest weather is more likely in the west and northwest, and relatively drier conditions more likely towards the south and east. With a westerly type considered most likely, this would support temperatures remaining close to or a little above average overall. However, there is a chance that more slowly evolving weather patterns develop, which could either lead to longer drier spells more widely or rainfall accumulating in climatologically drier areas.