SHETLAND LIVE

Currently searching for a tide widget that covers Shetland but the usual BBC weather is probably the easiest

Easy tide has a choice of 18 ports within shetland, if you click on shetland in the map it'll give you a choice of Balta Sound, Hillswick, Bay Of Quendale, LERWICK, Bluemull Sound, Mid Yell, Burra Firth, Out Skerries, Burra Voe (Yell Sound), Scalloway, Dury Voe, SULLOM VOE, Esha Ness (Hamna Voe), Sumburgh (Grutness Voe), Fair Isle, Toft Pier, Foula, West Burra Firth.

Shipping Forecast
You can't beat it for Weather prediction, but remember that Shetland is between 2 marine areas Viking and Fair Isle, Viking for the East side of Shetland and Fair Isle for the West. The Beeb very kindly out one at the start of the Shipping forecast and the other at the end.
www.metoffice.gov.uk

Magic Seaweed
Ignore the dodgy name, Magic Seaweed's maps are probably the best for figuring out what's happening weatherwise.
In the winter the Wind Chart is invaluable. Watch out for those reds that's gales coming our way, the arrows are wind direction.
The Swell Chart is a useful one if your travelling by boat (or maybe not so useful if you've got to travel anyway), again watch out for those reds. For those of us who like an isobar there's always the Pressure Chart it also has Predicted Rainfall in blues marked, just watch the white - it's snow.
www.magicseaweed.com

Weather Underground
Quite a handy site for world wide weather, it has real time readings and stats for pretty much any town you can think of. It gives lots of Shetland locations but if you look closely it's stats come from the 2 airports Sumburgh and Scatsa (Sella Ness). It also has useful stuff like moon phases, rise and set times, and of course those all important "stickers" (see our three widgets to the right)
www.wunderground.com

Northern Isles Weather Forecast
No list of weather links for Shetland would be complete without Dave Wheeler's excellent site. He's been doing local weather online for years. He does the weather for The Shetland Times and although no weather forecaster gets it right 100% of the time, he's a lot more reliable than most.
www.northisles-weather.co.uk

Brae Automatic
If you live in the North or West of Shetland you may find this one handy. It gives you current readings as well as 24hr stats and last 7 days.
http://www.shetland-weather.info

Gulberwick Weather Station
A privately owned weather station a couple of miles from Lerwick gives current stats.
www.gulberwickweather.co.uk

SIC Roads Weather Stations
Great site in the winter but they have a nasty habit of switching it off for the "Summer" gives readings for road sites across the isles.
Unst
Yell
Toft
Sandness
Gulberwick
Sumburgh
It has a handy mobile adapted page (link available from main page).
http://www.shetland.gov.uk/icecast/
(The data is also available from this clickable map www.trafficweather.info)

Schools Weather Stations
Anderson High School
Lunnasting Primary Wind Turbine

Days of the Week

A silken Monday is a canvas week
A fine Monday is often followed by rough weather

Wadnesdays Wadder is always true
Wednesday's weather is always true
As Wednesdays begins, so it finishes

On Thursday at tree, look furt - an du'll see what Friday will be
On Thursday at three, look outside and you will see what friday will be
The weather pattern for Friday follows Thursday afternoon

Friday is edder da best or da worst day ida week
Friday is either the best or the worst day of the week

Settiday nichts calm, Monday never saw im Settidays nichts faa is next weeks blaa
Saturday night's calm, Monday never saw black saturday's night's end is next weeks blow
Meaning - Rough weather follows a calm Saturday

Seasons

You can hae nine simmer days in February withoot payin fir dem.
You can have no good summer days in Febuary without paying for them
If February has good weather not a good forecast for Summer

General Forecasts

When da sun gengs sheenin ta da hill - da moarn geng whar you will
When the sun goes shining to the hill - tomorrow go where you like
A fine sunset, is often followed by a good day

Shetland Weather Related Words

Valenzi Violent gale
fann drift of snow
dunder sound like thunder

Wirryin'

Da wind was batteriin roond every hoose on da island. Windows rattlin an a toowel under every window. Da wadder wisna expected and da "Shepherd" wis in da water. Even tho' it was dark wi spectacular thinder and lightning an da sky wis cloodswept Daddy an da idder men gud up tae da North Haven ta git da "Shepherd" on da slip. Dey'd bune awaa fir tree oors.

I lay in bed wakken. I couldna sleep for tinkin aboot dem at da Haven. Onything could a happened. I could bear it nae langer. I jumped oot o bed an ran ta Mammy. She wis waken too. "I couldna get ta sleep" I said. "Nedder could l". In aboot half an ooer da rest o da men and som wimen were in da larry on dir wye up ta da Haven. Whin we got dere dir wis nithen ta be seen (da mist explained dat). Da "Shepherd" wis on da slip and tho' we checked noyone wis dere. We gud up ta da hostel an dere dey wir sittin aboot a cosy fire, blankets aboot dem drinking an merrily discussin whit happened. "It wis no problem" said Daddy, wir been here twa oors".

L Sinclair (8 yrs)