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Marine observations - Kirkwall Airport

  • Location 58.954, -2.9
  • Altitude 26 m above mean sea level
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Monday (3 February 2025)

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 Light rain Light rain Drizzle Light rain Light rain Light rain Overcast Light rain Light rain Overcast Partly cloudy (night) Overcast Overcast
Temperature
8.6°
8.7°
8.2°
8.0°
8.0°
8.5°
8.6°
8.7°
8.6°
8.6°
7.9°
7.3°
6.9°
Wind Direction and speed
S 11
S 11
S 12
S 11
SSE 11
S 11
S 11
S 8
SSE 8
S 5
SSW 2
S 3
S 3
Wind gust 14 15 16 14 15 14 14 11 10 7 3 4 4
Visibility 9 6 9 3 8 9 13 9 10 18 18 10 8
Humidity 92% 91% 91% 93% 93% 90% 89% 90% 91% 89% 92% 95% 96%
Pressure 1,006 1,005 1,004 1,004 1,004 1,003 1,003 1,003 1,004 1,004 1,004 1,004 1,004
Dew point temperature 7.4° 7.3° 6.9° 6.9° 7.0° 7.0° 6.9° 7.1° 7.2° 6.9° 6.7° 6.6° 6.3°

Tuesday (4 February 2025)

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 Overcast Overcast Light rain Drizzle Cloudy Cloudy Light rain Cloudy Cloudy Overcast Sunny intervals Cloudy Light rain Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Overcast Partly cloudy (night) Overcast Partly cloudy (night) Overcast Cloudy Clear night Clear night
Temperature
7.8°
8.3°
9.0°
8.8°
8.8°
9.1°
9.6°
9.5°
9.3°
8.6°
8.5°
8.4°
8.2°
7.8°
7.2°
6.7°
5.9°
5.2°
4.5°
4.8°
4.2°
4.2°
4.9°
4.5°
Wind Direction and speed
S 4
S 6
S 6
S 7
S 7
S 8
S 9
SSW 8
SSW 8
SW 7
WSW 7
WSW 8
WSW 8
SW 5
WSW 5
W 6
WNW 6
W 3
WSW 4
W 5
WSW 4
WSW 5
WSW 8
SSW 8
Wind gust 5 7 9 10 10 11 12 10 10 9 10 10 10 6 7 8 9 5 5 7 5 7 10 10
Visibility 13 11 20 12 21 21 21 20 24 21 16 21 21 18 29 23 23 20 19 25 17 20 18 17
Humidity 94% 91% 87% 90% 90% 87% 85% 86% 88% 83% 85% 86% 86% 92% 88% 87% 89% 86% 87% 80% 84% 81% 84% 86%
Pressure 1,003 1,002 1,001 1,001 1,000 1,000 999 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,001 1,001 1,001 1,001 1,002 1,003 1,004 1,006 1,007 1,008 1,009 1,010 1,011
Dew point temperature 6.9° 7.0° 7.0° 7.2° 7.2° 7.1° 7.2° 7.3° 7.4° 5.8° 6.1° 6.2° 5.9° 6.6° 5.3° 4.8° 4.2° 3.1° 2.6° 1.8° 1.7° 1.2° 2.5° 2.3°

Wednesday (5 February 2025)

00:00 01:00 02:00 03:00 04:00 05:00 06:00 07:00 08:00 09:00 10:00
Weather
Weather Symbol Clear night Light rain Partly cloudy (night) Light rain Light rain Cloudy Light rain Clear night Light rain Light rain Cloudy
Temperature
4.5°
4.2°
3.7°
2.0°
3.9°
4.1°
3.0°
4.0°
4.0°
4.7°
5.9°
Wind Direction and speed
SW 9
SW 11
SW 11
WSW 9
SW 11
W 10
W 7
WSW 11
WSW 10
SW 9
WSW 8
Wind gust 12 15 14 12 14 15 10 14 15 12 11
Visibility 22 25 25 16 21 14 27 20 3 15 15
Humidity 82% 84% 89% 94% 91% 84% 83% 83% 86% 87% 81%
Pressure 1,012 1,013 1,014 1,015 1,016 1,018 1,019 1,021 1,022 1,023 1,025
Dew point temperature 1.7° 1.6° 2.1° 1.1° 2.6° 1.7° 0.5° 1.4° 1.8° 2.7° 2.9°

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