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Marine observations - Wick John O Groats Airport

  • Location 58.454, -3.089
  • Altitude 36 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 Cloudy Light rain Sunny intervals Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Partly cloudy (night) Partly cloudy (night) Cloudy Partly cloudy (night)
Temperature
5.3°
4.5°
4.1°
3.9°
4.1°
3.1°
3.1°
2.3°
2.0°
1.4°
1.0°
0.8°
Wind Direction and speed
NNW 13
NNW 11
NW 11
NW 8
NNW 10
NNW 9
NW 7
WNW 4
WNW 4
SW 3
W 4
W 4
Wind gust 18 15 13 12 14 12 9 6 5 4 5 4
Visibility 9 12 12 11 10 6 11 11 11 11 11 12
Humidity 72% 65% 67% 69% 76% 84% 75% 80% 84% 86% 87% 90%
Pressure 1,004 1,005 1,006 1,007 1,008 1,009 1,009 1,010 1,010 1,010 1,010 1,010
Dew point temperature 0.7° -1.5° -1.5° -1.2° 0.3° 0.6° -0.8° -0.9° -0.5° -0.7° -1.0° -0.7°

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 Overcast Cloudy Overcast Cloudy Light rain Light rain Cloudy Cloudy Partly cloudy (night) Partly cloudy (night) Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny day Light rain Sunny intervals Light rain Light rain Clear night Partly cloudy (night) Clear night Partly cloudy (night) Partly cloudy (night) Overcast Overcast
Temperature
1.6°
3.1°
3.1°
4.5°
4.9°
5.2°
5.8°
6.1°
6.5°
6.3°
6.5°
6.5°
7.7°
7.0°
6.9°
6.3°
5.4°
5.7°
5.5°
5.5°
5.3°
5.0°
5.1°
6.0°
Wind Direction and speed
WSW 5
SW 4
SSW 4
SSW 6
S 7
SSW 8
SSW 8
SSW 8
SSW 7
SW 8
SSW 7
SW 8
W 7
W 9
W 8
W 7
W 5
W 7
W 6
W 6
W 6
W 6
WSW 6
WSW 6
Wind gust 6 5 6 7 10 10 11 12 10 11 10 10 9 12 10 9 7 9 9 8 8 8 8 8
Visibility 15 13 13 11 12 12 12 13 12 14 15 16 11 13 12 12 9 13 13 13 11 12 11 11
Humidity 88% 83% 85% 84% 87% 85% 88% 87% 89% 90% 89% 88% 85% 84% 81% 84% 88% 85% 87% 87% 86% 86% 83% 82%
Pressure 1,009 1,009 1,008 1,006 1,004 1,003 1,002 1,000 999 999 998 998 998 998 999 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,001 1,001 1,000 1,000 999
Dew point temperature -0.2° 0.5° 0.8° 2.0° 2.9° 3.0° 3.9° 4.1° 4.8° 4.7° 4.7° 4.6° 5.3° 4.4° 3.8° 3.8° 3.6° 3.4° 3.5° 3.6° 3.2° 2.9° 2.5° 3.2°

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 Overcast Overcast Light rain Cloudy Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Partly cloudy (night) Light rain Light rain
Temperature
6.1°
6.4°
6.6°
7.0°
7.2°
7.6°
7.6°
7.3°
6.1°
5.5°
5.6°
5.8°
Wind Direction and speed
WSW 7
SW 8
SSW 7
SSW 9
SSW 11
SSW 12
SW 11
WSW 7
WSW 7
WSW 11
WSW 13
WSW 13
Wind gust 11 10 9 12 14 18 18 11 10 14 18 19
Visibility 12 14 11 13 10 12 3 8 8 12 5 8
Humidity 84% 80% 84% 83% 84% 84% 90% 84% 86% 78% 82% 79%
Pressure 998 997 994 992 989 986 986 984 985 984 983 981
Dew point temperature 3.5° 3.1° 4.1° 4.3° 4.7° 5.0° 6.0° 4.9° 3.9° 2.0° 2.7° 2.4°

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