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Marine observations - Kirkwall Airport

  • Location 58.954, -2.9
  • Altitude 26 m above mean sea level
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Thursday (19 December 2024)

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 Light rain Light rain Light rain Cloudy Light rain Cloudy Cloudy Light rain Partly cloudy (night) Clear night Clear night Clear night
Temperature
3.9°
4.8°
5.0°
5.4°
4.2°
4.4°
4.3°
4.0°
2.8°
2.1°
1.8°
2.2°
Wind Direction and speed
NW 15
NW 11
NW 11
NW 10
NW 7
WNW 7
WNW 6
WNW 7
WNW 4
W 4
W 3
WSW 4
Wind gust 22 14 15 15 10 10 9 11 6 5 5 5
Visibility 8 14 15 18 12 21 18 25 20 20 19 22
Humidity 79% 74% 70% 67% 81% 63% 67% 69% 73% 81% 83% 79%
Pressure 1,003 1,004 1,005 1,006 1,007 1,008 1,008 1,009 1,009 1,009 1,009 1,009
Dew point temperature 0.6° 0.5° 0.0° -0.3° 1.3° -1.9° -1.4° -1.1° -1.5° -0.8° -0.8° -1.1°

Friday (20 December 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 Light rain Cloudy Cloudy Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Heavy rain Heavy rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Clear night Light rain Partly cloudy (night) Light rain Light rain Partly cloudy (night)
Temperature
2.4°
3.8°
3.9°
4.8°
4.3°
4.8°
5.5°
5.9°
6.2°
6.3°
6.8°
7.2°
7.4°
7.0°
7.2°
7.1°
6.8°
7.1°
7.6°
6.8°
6.2°
6.3°
6.6°
7.1°
Wind Direction and speed
WSW 3
WSW 4
S 5
SSW 7
S 7
S 8
S 10
S 10
S 10
SSW 8
SW 9
W 11
WSW 8
WSW 7
W 8
W 8
W 7
WSW 8
WSW 9
WSW 8
W 6
WSW 11
WSW 10
SW 9
Wind gust 4 5 7 9 9 11 13 13 13 11 14 16 12 10 12 12 10 10 12 10 9 15 14 12
Visibility 25 15 17 24 15 12 14 18 7 5 < 1 2 24 17 18 14 10 12 15 17 15 27 15 13
Humidity 82% 83% 87% 85% 92% 93% 91% 92% 93% 94% 95% 93% 84% 87% 85% 86% 85% 89% 85% 86% 88% 84% 88% 88%
Pressure 1,008 1,008 1,007 1,005 1,004 1,002 1,000 999 998 997 997 996 996 997 998 998 998 998 999 999 999 999 998 998
Dew point temperature -0.3° 1.2° 1.9° 2.5° 3.1° 3.8° 4.0° 4.7° 5.2° 5.4° 6.1° 6.2° 4.8° 5.0° 4.9° 4.9° 4.5° 5.4° 5.3° 4.7° 4.3° 3.9° 4.8° 5.3°

Saturday (21 December 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
Weather
Weather Symbol Light rain Overcast Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Cloudy Light rain Sunny intervals Overcast
Temperature
6.6°
6.6°
6.3°
6.1°
6.4°
6.9°
7.3°
8.7°
7.8°
6.9°
6.5°
6.7°
Wind Direction and speed
WSW 9
SSW 8
S 7
S 9
S 11
S 12
SSW 12
WSW 13
WSW 13
WSW 14
WSW 16
SW 14
Wind gust 12 10 10 13 14 16 17 17 19 20 21 19
Visibility 9 18 19 8 10 7 12 7 8 7 9 10
Humidity 88% 87% 88% 91% 92% 90% 94% 81% 83% 78% 80% 75%
Pressure 997 995 994 991 988 985 983 982 982 982 980 979
Dew point temperature 4.7° 4.5° 4.5° 4.8° 5.3° 5.4° 6.3° 5.6° 5.0° 3.4° 3.3° 2.6°

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