Met Office Inshore Waters forecast. Shetland

[Bristolfashion]

Does anyone know why the Shetland inshore Waters forecast follows a different format to all the rest?

All of the other inshore areas give the 24 hr forecast, inc strong wind warning, then the outlook for the following 24 hours. At the head of all these forecasts is the UK general situation.

For Shetland, it gives the 24 hour forecast, inc strong winds, then a, "For Coastal areas up to 60 nautical miles from Lerwick, Shetland (18) forecast with a separate General Situation and a forecast for 12 hours and an outlook for the following 12 hours - no following 24 hours forecast given.

Is it just that it is remote enough to warrant a separate forecast and unpredictable enough to prevent an accurate "following 24 hours" forecast? Or is there something else?

 

[Concerto]

I also noticed on the Lightning app and Windy, there is no rain radar showing approaching rain like the rest of the UK. Perhaps there is some link due to no local weather station reporting to the right standard.

 

[boomerangben]

Unless it’s changed recently, there’s no met office rainfall radar coverage on Shetland. I guess also there are few if any met reporting stations upwind of the islands and perhaps insufficient shipping to provide data. When I was based there, if the wind was forecast to be or actually was SE we expected fog regardless of what the forecast said

 

[Bristolfashion]

Unless it’s changed recently, there’s no met office rainfall radar coverage on Shetland. I guess also there are few if any met reporting stations upwind of the islands and perhaps insufficient shipping to provide data. When I was based there, if the wind was forecast to be or actually was SE we expected fog regardless of what the forecast said

Well, that's good to know.

The weather had us well confused today - a strange yellow thing appeared in the sky & I had to go down to 3 layers - what was happening?

 

[AngusMcDoon]

Unless it’s changed recently, there’s no met office rainfall radar coverage on Shetland...

That's because there's not enough rain there to make it worthwhile. Just assume it's not raining and you'll almost always be right

 

[boomerangben]

Well, that's good to know.

The weather had us well confused today - a strange yellow thing appeared in the sky & I had to go down to 3 layers - what was happening?

When you live on a Scottish rock, you soon learn to have a low “good weather threshold”. Embrace the golden ball in the sky: it makes this part of the world super special.
Here in the Outer Hebrides it’s is proper pants at the moment - but at least it’s not blowing the slates off the roof