Sella Ness (Shetland Islands) weather

Headline:

Mostly dry with sunny spells on Sunday.

Today:

It will be a mostly dry day with patchy cloud and sunny spells. The odd light shower possible over Shetland. Light southeasterly winds strengthening later. Maximum temperature 15 °C.

Tonight:

Dry start with clear spells. Turning cloudier with rain spreading north-eastwards over Orkney and reaching Shetland just after dawn. Rain may be heavy at times. Moderate southeasterly winds becoming strong. Minimum temperature 10 °C.

Monday:

Cloudy with outbreaks of rain for much of the day. Rain heavy at times over Orkney with drier spells for Shetland. Becoming drier by late afternoon. Strong easterly winds. Maximum temperature 15 °C.

Outlook for Tuesday to Thursday:

Bright spells and showers on Tuesday. Cloudy with rain spreading northwards on Wednesday. Cloudy with showers and at times longer spells of rain on Thursday. Strong winds persisting throughout.

Likely a continuation of the unsettled theme to begin. All areas are likely to see spells of wet and windy weather followed by drier and brighter but still showery interludes. The wettest conditions expected to be across western parts of the country. There are signs that through the course of this period, drier spells will start to become more prolonged, especially across the south and east of the country due to a greater influence of high pressure. Some wet and windy spells remain probable but these potentially more focused in the northwest. Temperatures likely around average early in this period and often feeling rather cool given unsettled conditions. Increased chance of some warmer spells later in the period.

Signals for prevailing weather patterns become fairly limited by the turn of the month and the early part of October. As is typical at this time of year, there are likely to be some spells of wet and windy weather along with some drier interludes but no strong preference to whether settled or unsettled regimes will be most dominant. Overall, northwestern parts are more likely to be wettest and windiest. Temperatures likely fluctuating around average.