South Nesting Bay (Shetland Islands) weather

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Light rain changing to sunny intervals by late morning.
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    7 day forecast for South Nesting Bay

    Today (31 August 2025)
    Time
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    06:00
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    23:00
    Weather symbols Heavy rain Light rain Light rain Heavy rain Light rain Overcast Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Clear night Clear night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    ≥95%
    60%
    80%
    90%
    70%
    10%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    Temperature
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    15°
    15°
    16°
    17°
    16°
    16°
    16°
    16°
    16°
    15°
    15°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    10°
    10°
    11°
    12°
    13°
    14°
    14°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    11°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    Wind direction and speed
    SE
    25
    SE
    28
    SE
    30
    SE
    32
    SE
    30
    SSE
    27
    SSE
    22
    S
    18
    S
    17
    S
    17
    S
    18
    S
    19
    S
    20
    S
    20
    SSE
    21
    SSE
    21
    SSE
    21
    SSE
    23
    SSE
    24
    SSE
    25
    SSE
    25
    SSE
    24
    Wind gust (mph)
    37
    40
    42
    43
    39
    32
    28
    24
    22
    23
    24
    26
    28
    29
    29
    30
    30
    31
    32
    32
    32
    32
    Visibility
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    G
    G
    G
    G
    VG
    VG
    VG
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    92%
    92%
    92%
    93%
    93%
    96%
    94%
    93%
    92%
    90%
    89%
    86%
    85%
    85%
    85%
    85%
    85%
    85%
    85%
    85%
    86%
    86%
    UV - - - 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 4 4 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 - - -
    Monday (1 September 2025)
    Time
    00:00
    01:00
    02:00
    03:00
    04:00
    05:00
    06:00
    07:00
    08:00
    09:00
    10:00
    11:00
    12:00
    13:00
    14:00
    15:00
    16:00
    17:00
    18:00
    19:00
    20:00
    21:00
    22:00
    23:00
    Weather symbols Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Cloudy Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    <5%
    10%
    10%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    <5%
    10%
    10%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    10%
    <5%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    <5%
    Temperature (°C)
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    15°
    15°
    16°
    16°
    16°
    16°
    16°
    15°
    15°
    15°
    15°
    15°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    11°
    11°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SSE
    23
    SSE
    23
    SE
    22
    SE
    23
    SE
    24
    SE
    24
    SE
    25
    SE
    25
    SE
    24
    SE
    24
    SE
    24
    SE
    24
    SE
    24
    SE
    24
    SE
    24
    SE
    25
    SE
    25
    SE
    26
    SE
    26
    SSE
    26
    SSE
    27
    SSE
    26
    SSE
    26
    SSE
    25
    Wind gust (mph)
    31
    30
    30
    33
    33
    34
    34
    33
    33
    34
    34
    35
    34
    34
    36
    36
    36
    36
    36
    36
    37
    37
    36
    35
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    VG
    E
    Humidity
    88%
    89%
    88%
    90%
    91%
    91%
    92%
    92%
    92%
    92%
    92%
    91%
    89%
    86%
    86%
    86%
    86%
    86%
    85%
    85%
    86%
    86%
    88%
    89%
    UV - - - - - 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 - - -
    Tuesday (2 September 2025)
    Time
    00:00
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    <5%
    <5%
    10%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    10%
    10%
    20%
    Temperature (°C)
    14°
    14°
    13°
    13°
    15°
    16°
    15°
    14°
    13°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    10°
    10°
    10°
    11°
    12°
    12°
    11°
    10°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SSE
    25
    SSE
    23
    S
    21
    S
    21
    S
    21
    S
    21
    S
    20
    S
    19
    SSE
    18
    Wind gust (mph)
    34
    31
    29
    29
    29
    27
    26
    25
    25
    Visibility (description)
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    88%
    88%
    87%
    85%
    86%
    85%
    86%
    86%
    87%
    UV - - - 1 2 4 2 1 -
    Wednesday (3 September 2025)
    Time
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Partly cloudy night Light shower night Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    30%
    50%
    40%
    40%
    40%
    20%
    30%
    30%
    Temperature (°C)
    13°
    13°
    13°
    15°
    15°
    15°
    14°
    13°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    10°
    10°
    10°
    12°
    13°
    13°
    12°
    11°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SSE
    16
    SSE
    15
    SSE
    15
    SSE
    13
    SSE
    14
    SSW
    13
    SSW
    12
    SSW
    11
    Wind gust (mph)
    22
    20
    19
    15
    15
    16
    15
    14
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    90%
    92%
    92%
    92%
    92%
    90%
    89%
    89%
    UV - - 1 2 3 1 1 -
    Thursday (4 September 2025)
    Time
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Cloudy Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night Cloudy
    Chance of precipitation
    30%
    30%
    30%
    30%
    30%
    30%
    30%
    40%
    Temperature (°C)
    12°
    12°
    13°
    14°
    15°
    15°
    14°
    13°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    10°
    10°
    10°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    11°
    10°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SSW
    12
    SSW
    12
    S
    14
    S
    16
    SSE
    18
    SSE
    17
    S
    16
    S
    14
    Wind gust (mph)
    16
    18
    19
    19
    19
    18
    17
    16
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    G
    Humidity
    89%
    89%
    91%
    89%
    87%
    87%
    88%
    91%
    UV - - 1 2 3 2 1 -
    Friday (5 September 2025)
    Time
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Partly cloudy night Light shower night Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    50%
    50%
    50%
    50%
    40%
    30%
    30%
    30%
    Temperature (°C)
    13°
    13°
    12°
    14°
    14°
    13°
    13°
    12°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SW
    14
    SSW
    15
    SSW
    16
    SW
    18
    SW
    20
    SW
    20
    SW
    19
    SW
    15
    Wind gust (mph)
    15
    16
    17
    19
    21
    22
    22
    20
    Visibility (description)
    G
    G
    G
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    92%
    90%
    89%
    85%
    83%
    82%
    84%
    86%
    UV - - 1 2 3 2 1 -
    Saturday (6 September 2025)
    Time
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy
    Chance of precipitation
    30%
    30%
    30%
    40%
    40%
    40%
    30%
    30%
    Temperature (°C)
    12°
    12°
    12°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    13°
    13°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    11°
    11°
    11°
    10°
    10°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SSW
    16
    SSW
    16
    SSW
    16
    SSW
    19
    SSW
    21
    SSW
    20
    S
    19
    S
    15
    Wind gust (mph)
    19
    22
    23
    26
    25
    21
    20
    19
    Visibility (description)
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    Humidity
    88%
    88%
    88%
    88%
    86%
    87%
    89%
    89%
    UV - - 1 2 3 1 1 -

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    Orkney & Shetland weather forecast

    Headline:

    Damp start over Shetland Sunday otherwise dry, sunny, breezy.

    This Evening and Tonight:

    Shetland will have a dry evening. Orkney starting dry then outbreaks of rain by mid-evening, which extends to Shetland during the early hours of Sunday, before clearing Orkney come dawn. Minimum temperature 13 °C.

    Sunday:

    Shetland dull and damp first thing but quickly brightening. Then a dry day with long sunny spells. Moderate to fresh southerly winds becoming a strong southeasterly later. Maximum temperature 18 °C.

    Outlook for Monday to Wednesday:

    Bright spells and only a few scattered and generally light showers through the outlook period, with the Northern Isles probably seeing some of the best of the country's weather.

    Updated:

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