Lerwick (Shetland Islands) weather

Headline:

Sunny spells and showers, occasionally wintry. Cold wind.

Today:

A bright but cold day with scattered showers and some sunnier spells. Showers may be wintry at times and perhaps frequent for Shetland in the afternoon. Fresh and gusty north or northwesterly winds. Maximum temperature 6 °C.

Tonight:

Scattered showers continuing through the night, these perhaps wintry with hail and occasionally heavy. Showers will tend to ease a little towards the end of the night. Fresh northerly winds. Minimum temperature 2 °C.

Wednesday:

The odd light wintry shower to start but otherwise a mostly dry morning with bright spells. A few scattered showers in the afternoon, mainly for Shetland. Fresh winds. Maximum temperature 6 °C.

Outlook for Thursday to Saturday:

The cold showery conditions and brisk winds continue on Thursday. Becoming drier with lighter winds on Friday. Bright spells and scattered showers on Saturday.

The weekend will continue on a cool theme, but with the high pressure to the north becoming more dominant it should lead to a reduction in shower activity seen on previous days. So there should be a good deal of dry weather with plenty of sunshine by day, but still some noticeably chilly nights with frost fairly widespread. The odd fog patch is possible in the north, and a brisk breeze across the south will make it feel notably chilly here on Saturday. Next week is likely to see a gradual transition to less settled conditions as the high likely withdraws to the east. So rain or showers at times, mostly focussed across the south, the north perhaps staying largely dry and it is also likely to become much milder.

Confidence is low, but through the remainder 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.