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Marine observations - Kirkwall Airport

  • Location 58.954, -2.9
  • Altitude 26 m above mean sea level
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Tuesday (24 December 2024)

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 Drizzle Sunny intervals Cloudy Overcast Partly cloudy (night) Cloudy Overcast Overcast Partly cloudy (night) Clear night Clear night
Temperature
11.8°
11.3°
11.7°
11.9°
12.4°
12.4°
12.0°
13.5°
13.1°
12.8°
11.8°
Wind Direction and speed
WSW 10
SW 10
SW 8
WSW 11
WSW 13
SW 11
SSW 8
SW 16
WSW 14
SW 13
SSW 11
Wind gust 15 13 10 15 19 16 10 21 17 16 14
Visibility 12 18 20 23 23 23 15 24 18 21 20
Humidity 94% 93% 90% 89% 86% 86% 89% 84% 84% 84% 85%
Pressure 1,009 1,009 1,009 1,009 1,009 1,010 1,010 1,010 1,011 1,011 1,012
Dew point temperature 10.9° 10.2° 10.1° 10.1° 10.1° 10.2° 10.2° 10.8° 10.6° 10.2° 9.3°

Wednesday (25 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 Clear night Clear night Clear night Clear night Overcast Partly cloudy (night) Clear night Clear night Clear night Clear night Sunny day Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Overcast Overcast Overcast Light rain Drizzle Drizzle Drizzle Drizzle Light rain Cloudy Overcast
Temperature
11.3°
10.5°
10.2°
11.2°
10.9°
10.6°
10.2°
10.1°
10.2°
10.7°
11.2°
11.8°
12.1°
11.6°
11.5°
10.8°
10.6°
10.4°
10.2°
9.5°
9.2°
9.0°
8.4°
8.2°
Wind Direction and speed
SSW 11
SSW 12
SSW 11
SSW 11
SSW 11
SSW 11
SSW 11
SSW 11
SSW 11
SSW 11
SSW 11
SSW 11
SSW 10
S 8
SSW 8
SSW 7
SSW 6
SSW 7
SSW 7
WSW 9
WSW 10
WSW 12
WSW 8
W 6
Wind gust 14 14 14 14 14 15 13 14 14 13 14 14 14 10 11 9 9 10 8 12 13 16 10 8
Visibility 23 23 19 24 26 24 22 27 27 26 29 33 34 25 22 23 9 6 10 1 4 7 10 16
Humidity 84% 87% 87% 84% 85% 87% 90% 89% 88% 85% 83% 80% 78% 81% 82% 87% 92% 92% 92% 96% 95% 93% 92% 86%
Pressure 1,012 1,012 1,013 1,013 1,013 1,013 1,014 1,014 1,014 1,015 1,015 1,016 1,016 1,016 1,016 1,017 1,017 1,017 1,018 1,019 1,019 1,020 1,021 1,023
Dew point temperature 8.7° 8.4° 8.2° 8.6° 8.5° 8.6° 8.6° 8.3° 8.3° 8.3° 8.5° 8.5° 8.4° 8.5° 8.6° 8.8° 9.4° 9.2° 9.0° 8.9° 8.4° 7.9° 7.2° 6.0°

Thursday (26 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
Weather
Weather Symbol Drizzle Overcast Overcast Light rain Light rain Partly cloudy (night) Light rain Light rain Cloudy Overcast Cloudy Sunny intervals Sunny day
Temperature
7.8°
7.8°
7.8°
7.7°
7.8°
7.5°
7.1°
7.2°
7.1°
7.2°
7.3°
7.2°
7.3°
Wind Direction and speed
WSW 9
WSW 9
SW 8
SW 8
WSW 8
WSW 8
WSW 6
SW 7
WSW 5
SW 6
WSW 6
SW 4
SW 5
Wind gust 11 11 10 11 11 10 8 11 6 7 8 6 7
Visibility 23 25 17 20 1 6 19 6 13 13 15 14 13
Humidity 88% 87% 90% 93% 92% 92% 85% 82% 86% 84% 79% 83% 82%
Pressure 1,023 1,024 1,024 1,025 1,026 1,026 1,027 1,028 1,029 1,029 1,030 1,030 1,030
Dew point temperature 6.0° 5.7° 6.2° 6.6° 6.5° 6.3° 4.7° 4.4° 5.0° 4.7° 4.0° 4.5° 4.4°

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