Weather Forecast 17 February : Dry and bright start with snow showers later.

YELLOW WARNING SNOW AND ICE. Information from The Met Office. Today 17 February : Dry in the morning with bright spells and quite breezy at first but winds gradually falling lighter. Cloudier in the afternoon with a few snow showers spreading from the northwest. Cold. Maximum temperature 3 °C. Tonight: Cloudy evening for Shetland with snow…

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February 17, 2026

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YELLOW WARNING SNOW AND ICE.

Information from The Met Office.

Today 17 February :

Dry in the morning with bright spells and quite breezy at first but winds gradually falling lighter. Cloudier in the afternoon with a few snow showers spreading from the northwest. Cold. Maximum temperature 3 °C.

Tonight:

Cloudy evening for Shetland with snow becoming persistent for a time, becoming dry overnight with clear spells. Clear spells at first for Orkney, cloudier later with perhaps the odd shower. Minimum temperature -1 °C.

Wednesday 18 February :

Mainly dry and cold with bright spells or some hazy sunshine but the chance of a few snow showers, mainly across Shetland. Maximum temperature 4 °C.

Outlook for Thursday to Saturday:

Mainly dry on Thursday, rain spreading east in evening. Windy with further rain spreading east on Friday. Showers or longer spells of rain on Saturday.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC) on Tue 17 Feb 2026

Harray Loch from the picnic viewpoint with a bench and table in the foreground. Behind are the waters of the loch with a small islet