Yell Sound (Shetland Islands) weather

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Forecast days

Today

Maximum daytime temperature: 4° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 0° Celsius;

Sunrise: 07:43

Sunset: 16:56

Heavy rain changing to sleet by late morning.

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L Pollution

No pollen data.

Next low tide: 03:38 for
West Sandwick Beach

Today

Maximum daytime temperature: 4° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 0° Celsius;
Tue 17 Feb

Maximum daytime temperature: 3° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 0° Celsius;

Sunrise: 07:40

Sunset: 16:59

Cloudy changing to light snow showers by lunchtime.

L UV

L Pollution

No pollen data.

First high tide: 10:27 for
West Sandwick Beach

Tue 17 Feb

Maximum daytime temperature: 3° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 0° Celsius;
Wed 18 Feb

Maximum daytime temperature: 5° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 1° Celsius;

Sunrise: 07:37

Sunset: 17:02

Cloudy changing to sunny intervals by lunchtime.

L UV

L Pollution

No pollen data.

First high tide: 11:00 for
West Sandwick Beach

Wed 18 Feb

Maximum daytime temperature: 5° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 1° Celsius;
Thu 19 Feb

Maximum daytime temperature: 6° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 4° Celsius;

Sunrise: 07:34

Sunset: 17:04

Partly cloudy changing to sunny intervals by late morning.

L UV

L Pollution

No pollen data.

First high tide: 11:34 for
West Sandwick Beach

Thu 19 Feb

Maximum daytime temperature: 6° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 4° Celsius;
Fri 20 Feb

Maximum daytime temperature: 7° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 6° Celsius;

Sunrise: 07:31

Sunset: 17:07

Light rain.

L UV

No pollution data.

No pollen data.

First high tide: 00:09 for
West Sandwick Beach

Fri 20 Feb

Maximum daytime temperature: 7° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 6° Celsius;
Sat 21 Feb

Maximum daytime temperature: 9° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 6° Celsius;

Sunrise: 07:29

Sunset: 17:10

Cloudy changing to light rain by nighttime.

L UV

No pollution data.

No pollen data.

First high tide: 00:45 for
West Sandwick Beach

Sat 21 Feb

Maximum daytime temperature: 9° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 6° Celsius;
Sun 22 Feb

Maximum daytime temperature: 9° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 6° Celsius;

Sunrise: 07:26

Sunset: 17:12

Light rain.

L UV

No pollution data.

No pollen data.

First high tide: 01:22 for
West Sandwick Beach

Sun 22 Feb

Maximum daytime temperature: 9° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 6° Celsius;

Heavy rain changing to sleet by late morning.

Sunrise: 07:43

Sunset: 16:56

L UV

L Pollution

No pollen data.

Next low tide: 03:38 for

West Sandwick Beach

7 day forecast for Yell Sound

Today (16 February 2026)

Time	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
Chance of precipitation	90%	90%	≥95%	≥95%	90%	90%	90%	80%	70%	70%	70%	60%	60%	60%	60%	70%	70%	70%	70%	60%	50%
Temperature (°C)	5°	5°	5°	4°	3°	3°	3°	3°	3°	4°	4°	3°	3°	3°	3°	3°	3°	3°	3°	3°	3°
Feels like temperature (°C)	0°	0°	0°	-1°	-1°	-2°	-2°	-2°	-2°	-1°	-1°	-1°	-1°	-2°	-2°	-3°	-4°	-4°	-4°	-4°	-5°
Wind direction and speed (mph)	S 16	S 15	SW 14	W 13	WNW 12	WNW 13	NNW 16	N 16	NNW 16	NNW 16	NNW 15	NNW 15	NNW 15	NNW 15	NNW 14	N 17	NNW 25	N 29	N 30	N 31	N 31
Wind gust (mph)	27	30	32	30	27	27	27	28	27	26	26	26	27	26	37	41	49	50	49	51	51
Visibility (description)	G	VG	G	G	VG	G	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	G	VG	G	G	G	G
Humidity	85%	86%	87%	90%	89%	86%	86%	83%	76%	72%	72%	79%	76%	77%	76%	79%	81%	78%	73%	70%	68%
UV	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Tuesday (17 February 2026)

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
Chance of precipitation	50%	40%	30%	30%	30%	30%	30%	20%	30%	40%	40%	50%	60%	60%	60%	60%	60%	60%	60%	60%	50%	60%	50%	50%
Temperature (°C)	2°	2°	2°	2°	2°	2°	2°	1°	1°	1°	2°	1°	1°	1°	1°	1°	1°	1°	1°	1°	1°	1°	1°	1°
Feels like temperature (°C)	-5°	-5°	-5°	-5°	-5°	-6°	-6°	-6°	-6°	-5°	-5°	-5°	-5°	-5°	-5°	-5°	-5°	-6°	-6°	-6°	-6°	-5°	-5°	-5°
Wind direction and speed (mph)	N 31	N 31	N 29	N 29	NNW 29	NNW 28	NNW 27	NNW 26	NNW 25	NNW 23	NNW 22	NNW 21	NW 20	NW 20	NNW 19	NW 20	NW 20	NNW 20	NW 20	NW 20	NW 19	NW 19	NW 18	NW 17
Wind gust (mph)	49	48	47	46	45	44	41	41	39	37	36	35	36	36	37	37	36	35	35	35	35	34	33	31
Visibility (description)	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	VG	G	VG	VG	VG	G	VG	VG	VG	G	G	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG
Humidity	67%	67%	64%	63%	62%	59%	57%	58%	55%	58%	58%	66%	66%	66%	71%	61%	67%	73%	67%	65%	70%	68%	67%	68%
UV	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Wednesday (18 February 2026)

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
Chance of precipitation	50%	50%	40%	40%	30%	20%	30%	30%	30%	30%	40%	30%	30%	30%	30%	30%	20%	20%	20%	20%	20%	20%	10%	10%
Temperature (°C)	1°	2°	1°	2°	2°	2°	2°	2°	2°	3°	3°	4°	4°	4°	4°	4°	4°	3°	3°	3°	3°	3°	3°	2°
Feels like temperature (°C)	-4°	-4°	-4°	-4°	-3°	-3°	-3°	-3°	-2°	-2°	-1°	-1°	-1°	0°	0°	0°	-1°	-1°	-2°	-2°	-2°	-2°	-2°	-2°
Wind direction and speed (mph)	NW 17	NW 17	NW 16	NW 16	NW 16	NW 16	NW 15	WNW 14	WNW 13	WNW 13	WNW 13	WNW 14	WNW 13	W 13	W 14	W 13	W 13	W 12	WSW 12	W 12	W 12	W 12	W 12	WSW 12
Wind gust (mph)	29	30	29	29	28	26	25	25	25	25	25	24	22	23	25	22	22	25	27	26	25	25	25	23
Visibility (description)	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	E	VG	VG
Humidity	68%	64%	64%	65%	64%	61%	59%	60%	60%	65%	65%	64%	70%	66%	70%	67%	66%	66%	67%	67%	67%	68%	69%	70%
UV	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-

Thursday (19 February 2026)

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
Chance of precipitation	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	20%	30%	30%	40%	40%	40%	50%	50%	50%	50%
Temperature (°C)	2°	3°	3°	3°	3°	3°	3°	3°	3°	4°	5°	5°	6°	6°	6°	5°	5°	4°	4°	5°	5°	5°	5°	5°
Feels like temperature (°C)	-2°	-2°	-2°	-2°	-2°	-2°	-2°	-2°	-2°	-1°	0°	1°	1°	1°	1°	1°	0°	-1°	0°	0°	0°	0°	0°	0°
Wind direction and speed (mph)	WSW 11	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 13	SW 13	SW 14	SW 15	SW 15	SW 15	SW 16	SW 16	SW 17	SW 18	SW 18	SW 17	SW 16	SSW 16	SSW 17	SSW 17	SSW 17	SW 17	SSW 17	SW 17	SSW 17
Wind gust (mph)	24	26	27	27	27	26	27	28	29	30	30	29	31	30	30	30	31	31	34	34	34	32	34	32
Visibility (description)	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG
Humidity	68%	71%	70%	71%	71%	71%	72%	72%	72%	72%	71%	67%	66%	66%	66%	68%	71%	75%	77%	78%	79%	78%	79%	79%
UV	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-

Friday (20 February 2026)

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
Chance of precipitation	50%	50%	50%	60%	60%	50%	60%	60%	60%	60%	70%	70%	70%	60%	70%	70%	80%	70%	70%	70%	70%	60%	60%	50%
Temperature (°C)	5°	5°	5°	5°	5°	5°	6°	6°	6°	6°	6°	6°	6°	6°	6°	6°	6°	6°	6°	6°	7°	7°	7°	7°
Feels like temperature (°C)	1°	1°	1°	1°	1°	1°	1°	1°	1°	1°	1°	1°	1°	1°	1°	2°	2°	2°	2°	2°	2°	3°	3°	3°
Wind direction and speed (mph)	SSW 18	SSW 17	SW 17	SSW 17	SSW 18	SSW 18	SSW 18	SSW 19	SSW 19	SSW 20	SSW 20	SSW 20	S 21	S 21	S 20	S 19	S 19	S 19	S 18	S 18	S 17	S 16	S 16	S 16
Wind gust (mph)	33	34	33	34	34	33	34	36	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	32	32	34	32	29	30	29	28	28
Visibility (description)	VG	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G
Humidity	78%	82%	82%	83%	84%	84%	84%	84%	84%	85%	85%	85%	85%	86%	86%	87%	87%	87%	87%	89%	90%	91%	90%	90%
UV	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-

Saturday (21 February 2026)

Time	00:00	03:00	06:00	09:00	12:00	15:00	18:00	21:00
Weather symbols
Chance of precipitation	50%	40%	40%	40%	40%	40%	50%	50%
Temperature (°C)	7°	7°	7°	7°	8°	8°	7°	7°
Feels like temperature (°C)	3°	3°	3°	3°	4°	4°	3°	4°
Wind direction and speed (mph)	S 17	SSW 17	SW 16	WSW 16	WSW 18	WSW 17	SW 15	SW 15
Wind gust (mph)	28	26	25	28	29	27	25	28
Visibility (description)	G	G	G	VG	G	G	G	VG
Humidity	90%	91%	91%	90%	87%	89%	90%	92%
UV	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-

Sunday (22 February 2026)

Time	00:00	03:00	06:00	09:00	12:00	15:00	18:00	21:00
Weather symbols
Chance of precipitation	50%	60%	70%	60%	70%	70%	60%	50%
Temperature (°C)	7°	7°	7°	8°	8°	8°	8°	7°
Feels like temperature (°C)	3°	3°	3°	3°	4°	4°	3°	3°
Wind direction and speed (mph)	SW 16	SW 18	SW 19	SW 20	SW 21	WSW 19	W 20	W 19
Wind gust (mph)	30	32	32	34	33	34	32	34
Visibility (description)	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G
Humidity	89%	89%	88%	88%	88%	88%	88%	85%
UV	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-

News

A sunny but cold Valentine's Day for many

Colder air is pushing south across the UK, bringing a brief settled spell for Saturday before further rain and wintry hazards arrive later.

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Orkney & Shetland weather forecast

Headline:

Cloud and rain Monday morning, showers later, increasingly wintry.

This Evening and Tonight:

Chance of a few clear periods across Orkney. Otherwise it will be a cloudy evening and night with the chance of a few showers, likely becoming more frequent towards morning. Light winds. Minimum temperature 1 °C.

Monday:

Rather cloudy and cold with showers or some longer spells of rain, these turning to sleet or wet snow later in the afternoon and evening. Maximum temperature 4 °C.

Outlook for Tuesday to Thursday:

Wintry showers on Tuesday. Becoming mostly dry with some brightness on Wednesday and Thursday, though still the odd wintry shower possible. Rather cold with overnight frost.

Updated: 16:00 (UTC) on Sun 15 Feb 2026

UK long range weather forecast

Showers or longer spells of rain, as well as occasional strong winds, are most likely at first as Atlantic low pressure systems dominate in the vicinity of the UK. Some heavy rain is likely in places, with some snow probable at times, mainly on high ground in the north. Temperatures varying from around, or a little above, average especially in the south to cold at times, mainly in the north. Although unsettled weather is likely to dominate at first, there will be some drier interludes between weather systems. These drier interludes will become increasingly likely and perhaps more prolonged through the period.

Updated: 14:00 (UTC) on Sun 15 Feb 2026

Confidence in the dominant weather patterns during this period is low. There are signals for both periods of unsettled conditions, bringing a risk of heavy rain and possibly strong winds, and periods of drier, more settled weather, which may mean slightly colder conditions. The more settled pattern is looking slightly more probable early in this period, with more unsettled conditions currently looking slightly more likely towards the end.

Updated: 15:00 (UTC) on Sun 15 Feb 2026

Yell Sound (Shetland Islands) weather

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Fri 20 Feb

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Sat 21 Feb

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A sunny but cold Valentine's Day for many

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