A southeasterly, very strong and mostly variable flow prevails over the whole area.
For Shetland, Sumburgh :
Warning moderate gale offshore.
The reliability of the situation is very good.
Very cloudy skies. Becoming more changeable for a time in the morning. Light showers all day. In the evening, very cloudy.
Light showers progressively becoming less frequent. SE force 5 in the morning becoming force 6 in the middle of the day. Gusts reaching 38 knots in the middle of the day. Rough to very rough sea. Moderate, long swell from WSW then low, fairly long swell in the middle of the day then from WSW. Good visibility becoming excellent in the middle of the day.