Unst Airport (Shetland Islands) weather

Headline:

Mainly dry with bright or sunny spells.

Today:

Shetland and Fair Isle will be dry with some bright spells. Cloudy with the chance of a light shower across Orkney first thing, otherwise dry with some brighter spells developing. Maximum temperature 7 °C.

Tonight:

It will stay dry through the evening and the overnight period. Variable amounts of cloud and clear spells through the evening, becoming more overcast towards morning. Minimum temperature 0 °C.

Sunday:

It will be dry but largely cloudy through the day on Sunday. Some showers spread south over Shetland through the evening. Maximum temperature 7 °C.

Outlook for Monday to Wednesday:

Some showery rain clearing early Monday, then dry for Orkney, chance of a few showers for Shetland. Showery rain again for a time on Tuesday. Scattered showers on Wednesday.

High pressure is likely to be centred to the west or northwest over the North Atlantic through this period with low pressure to the east. Slowly evolving weather patterns are therefore most probable through this time. However, around the turn of the year, an area of low pressure may move through the North Sea bringing a period of wetter and windier weather, especially to the north. With cold air close to the UK, some wintry hazards are possible in places. Into January more settled conditions with colder and drier than average conditions are most probable. There will however be some periods of rain or showers and windier spells. Temperatures will probably be below average for this period overall and so wintry hazards remain a possibility in places.

Whilst confidence in details is low, high pressure will probably remain close to the UK initially, leading to slowly evolving weather patterns. Periods of relatively settled weather interspersed with more changeable interludes are likely, as are some spells of showers, especially around coastal areas. Temperatures will likely recover a little to be near to or slightly below average during this time, but an enhanced risk of wintry hazards affecting some parts at times remains. Later in the period, a transition to more widely changeable or unsettled conditions is possible, with a corresponding shift to near or slightly above average temperatures.