Tingwall (Lerwick) Airport (Shetland Islands) weather

Headline:

Sunny spells with the odd shower on Friday.

This Evening and Tonight:

Dry and settled conditions overnight with some late sunshine leading to clear spells overnight. Mild overnight in the fresh to strong south to southeast winds. Minimum temperature 9 °C.

Friday:

Orkney a touch cloudier with a chance of a few scattered showers developing. Shetland dry with further good spells of sunshine. Southeast winds initially fresh to strong. Maximum temperature 19 °C.

Outlook for Saturday to Monday:

Turning more unsettled with showers or longer periods of rain, heavier with a risk of thunder Saturday, patchy and light for Sunday and Monday.

A broad north to south split in the weather across the UK during this period. In the south it expected to be predominantly fine and dry, with spells of sunshine by day and clear spells overnight. Any rainfall that does occur will probably be light and patchy, with most places staying dry. Temperatures will likely be above normal for the time of year and it could be hot at times in the southeast. In the north, probably more changeable, especially at first. Here, conditions are expected to be cloudier with some unsettled spells of weather at times, bringing some rain and perhaps strong winds. Temperatures are expected to be close to normal or slightly above.

A good deal of dry weather across the UK at first, but becoming more changeable at the start of this period with an increasing likelihood of showers or some longer spells of rain. This pattern continues through early July with changeable conditions bringing a mix of fine and dry periods and some outbreak of rain or showers, which could be heavy and thundery at times. Temperatures are likely to be above average.