Unst Airport (Shetland Islands) weather

Headline:

Bright morning with showers. Cloudier afternoon with rain.

Today:

Early rain across Shetland soon clearing to leave a bright morning with sunny spells and a few blustery showers. Becoming cloudier through the afternoon with occasionally heavy rain spreading southeast. Very windy with occasionally severe southwesterly gales, gusts around 75mph. Maximum temperature 10 °C.

Tonight:

Evening rain soon clearing to clear spells and showers, these may merge into more persistent rain for a time later in night. Southwesterly winds slowly easing, but remaining strong. Minimum temperature 7 °C.

Thursday:

Rather cloudy start with a few showers around but becoming dry by late morning with, especially across Orkney, some good spells of sunshine around. Occasionally strong southwesterly winds slowly easing. Maximum temperature 11 °C.

Outlook for Friday to Sunday:

Remaining unsettled through Friday and the weekend with showers or longer spells of occasionally heavy rain. Mild, with strong to gale force southerly or southwesterly winds.

A continuation of a similar pattern to that seen through early December is anticipated, especially at first, as frontal systems from the Atlantic spread into and across the UK, interspersed with some temporary drier interludes. These will bring occasional spells of rain, which may be heavy at times leading to the risk of some impacts given how wet it has been lately. In addition, there may also be potential for some periods of strong winds at times too. Whilst it will often be mild, later in the period there may be a slight downward trend in temperature, especially across northern parts of the UK where there may also be a slightly higher chance of some wintry hazards at times.

Changeable conditions are expected across the UK during this period. Low pressure systems will probably dominate, meaning showers or longer spells of rain, heavy at times, for much of the UK and some hill snow in the north. Periods of strong wind are also possible, especially around coasts. Some drier, more settled spells are possible but how long these last is very uncertain. Temperatures will likely be close to average or slightly above overall.