Lerwick (Shetland Islands) weather

Headline:

Scattered showers and sunny spells.

Today:

A bright day with some sunny spells and scattered showers. Showers may be heavy and wintry at times especially over high ground with the best of any sunny spells over Shetland. Maximum temperature 5 °C.

Tonight:

Cloudy with showers which may be heavy and wintry at times through the evening. Overnight showers becoming more blustery but with more dry and clear spells developing. Minimum temperature 2 °C.

Friday:

A few blustery showers possible in the morning. Showers to leave a dry afternoon with spells of sunshine developing and winds easing. Maximum temperature 6 °C.

Outlook for Saturday to Monday:

Settled over the weekend to Monday with the odd shower possible at times but remaining largely dry with sunny spells breaking through at times.

The dominant area of high pressure will gradually drift away to the east of the UK through the early part of next week. So initially there should be a good deal of dry weather with sunny spells by day, but still some chilly nights with frost in places. The odd fog patch is possible in the north, and a brisk breeze across the south will make it feel chilly here when out of the sun. Beyond that we will see a gradual transition to less settled conditions. So rain or showers are expected at times, mostly focussed across the south at first, then more widely later. With winds predominantly coming from the south next week it will also become much milder, possibly warm in places.

Confidence is low, but through the end of March changeable weather patterns are most likely. This means periods of unsettled, wet and windy weather interspersed with some drier and brighter spells. Into early April, there may be a transition to more frequent drier and more settled spells. Temperatures will probably be above average overall.