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Marine observations - Kirkwall Airport

  • Location 58.954, -2.9
  • Altitude 26 m above mean sea level
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Wednesday (30 October 2024)

00:00 01:00 02:00 03:00 04:00 05:00 06:00 07:00 08:00 09:00 10:00 11:00 12:00 13:00 14:00 15:00 16:00 17:00 18:00 19:00 20:00 21:00 22:00 23:00
Weather
Weather Symbol Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Drizzle Drizzle Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Drizzle
Temperature
9.6°
9.1°
9.5°
9.4°
9.2°
9.3°
9.2°
9.4°
10.1°
10.9°
11.2°
11.4°
11.4°
11.1°
10.7°
10.5°
10.4°
10.0°
10.2°
10.5°
11.1°
12.0°
11.6°
12.4°
Wind Direction and speed
W 6
W 5
W 5
WSW 5
WSW 5
WSW 5
W 4
WSW 4
W 5
WSW 6
WSW 6
WSW 6
WSW 6
WSW 6
SSW 5
S 5
SSW 5
S 5
SSW 7
S 7
SSW 7
SW 9
SSW 8
SW 10
Wind gust 8 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 7 8 8 8 8 7 6 7 6 7 9 9 9 12 10 13
Visibility 11 10 10 9 10 10 10 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 13 15 11 16 21 24 25 33 31 25
Humidity 84% 84% 86% 87% 86% 85% 85% 85% 84% 81% 80% 82% 81% 81% 82% 86% 87% 89% 83% 81% 77% 77% 80% 80%
Pressure 1,023 1,024 1,023 1,024 1,024 1,024 1,024 1,024 1,024 1,024 1,024 1,024 1,024 1,023 1,022 1,021 1,021 1,020 1,018 1,017 1,016 1,016 1,015 1,015
Dew point temperature 7.0° 6.4° 7.2° 7.4° 7.0° 6.8° 6.8° 6.9° 7.5° 7.8° 7.9° 8.4° 8.3° 8.0° 7.8° 8.3° 8.4° 8.3° 7.4° 7.4° 7.3° 8.1° 8.3° 9.0°

Thursday (31 October 2024)

00:00 01:00 02:00 03:00 04:00 05:00 06:00 07:00 08:00 09:00 10:00 11:00 12:00 13:00 14:00 15:00 16:00 17:00 18:00 19:00 20:00 21:00 22:00 23:00
Weather
Weather Symbol Heavy rain Mist Drizzle Drizzle Drizzle Drizzle Drizzle Drizzle Drizzle Drizzle Drizzle Drizzle Drizzle Drizzle Light rain Heavy rain Drizzle Cloudy Cloudy Heavy rain Heavy rain Heavy rain Heavy rain Drizzle
Temperature
12.1°
12.6°
12.7°
12.8°
12.9°
13.0°
12.7°
12.3°
12.9°
12.8°
12.6°
12.9°
13.1°
13.5°
12.8°
13.2°
13.3°
13.5°
13.2°
12.2°
12.2°
11.9°
11.8°
9.4°
Wind Direction and speed
SW 11
WSW 14
WSW 13
SW 12
WSW 13
WSW 15
SW 13
WSW 12
SW 13
WSW 13
WSW 14
WSW 13
WSW 15
WSW 15
WSW 13
SW 13
WSW 14
WSW 14
WSW 15
WSW 14
WSW 14
WSW 14
WSW 13
WNW 6
Wind gust 14 20 18 18 18 21 17 16 18 17 18 17 20 20 17 17 20 19 22 18 17 18 20 10
Visibility 26 19 16 18 20 14 20 17 15 6 8 20 12 20 15 18 18 15 15 2 2 2 1 1
Humidity 92% 89% 88% 86% 82% 83% 85% 89% 83% 89% 94% 91% 87% 83% 89% 86% 85% 85% 86% 95% 96% 97% 97% 97%
Pressure 1,014 1,014 1,014 1,013 1,013 1,012 1,012 1,012 1,012 1,011 1,011 1,011 1,011 1,011 1,011 1,010 1,010 1,010 1,010 1,010 1,009 1,010 1,010 1,011
Dew point temperature 10.9° 10.8° 10.7° 10.5° 9.9° 10.1° 10.2° 10.6° 10.0° 11.0° 11.7° 11.5° 11.1° 10.7° 11.0° 10.9° 10.8° 11.0° 11.0° 11.4° 11.5° 11.4° 11.3° 9.0°

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