Scalloway (Shetland Islands) weather

Headline:

Cloudy, patchy drizzle for Shetland Wednesday. Drier, brighter for Orkney.

This Evening and Tonight:

Cloudy with the chance of a little drizzle this evening. Then the rest of the night will remain cloudy with a little rain or drizzle, this mostly across Shetland. Minimum temperature 10 °C.

Wednesday:

Chance of some brightness across Orkney, otherwise rather cloudy again with some occasional light rain, this mainly across Shetland. Maximum temperature 13 °C.

Outlook for Thursday to Saturday:

Cloudy with one or two light showers on Thursday, brighter over Shetland later. Dry and somewhat colder on Friday and Saturday, some sunny breaks developing on Friday.

A transition to more unsettled conditions than of late is expected at the start of this period, as low pressure from the Atlantic moves gradually eastwards across the UK. This will bring an increasing chance of rain or showers fairly widely, perhaps accompanied by some strong winds at times. It is likely to remain fairly changeable as further pulses of rain or showers affect parts of the UK through much of this period, but interspersed with some drier and brighter interludes. Towards the following weekend, and final week of October, high pressure may build to the west of the UK, and with low pressure to the east this may lead to a cooler and slightly drier northwesterly flow with a few showers.

This period is likely to see changeable conditions across the UK with low pressure systems tending to dominate. Showers or longer spells of rain are likely at times, perhaps heavy in places, with some strong winds also possible at times. However, there will also likely be some temporary drier interludes at times. Temperatures will probably be close to normal overall.