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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 (21 November 2024)

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 Light rain Light rain Light rain Heavy rain Light rain Light rain Sunny intervals Partly cloudy (night) Cloudy Light rain Light rain Cloudy Clear night Cloudy Light rain
Temperature
2.5°
3.2°
2.1°
2.9°
3.5°
3.5°
4.4°
4.2°
4.2°
4.0°
4.8°
4.6°
4.7°
3.9°
2.5°
Wind Direction and speed
NNW 10
NNW 6
W 4
NNW 7
NNE 5
NE 10
NNE 9
NE 10
N 8
NNE 8
N 9
N 7
N 6
NW 6
NNW 7
Wind gust 14 8 6 11 7 14 11 14 10 12 11 9 8 9 10
Visibility 7 8 20 12 39 27 28 28 30 40 29 34 32 26 6
Humidity 88% 86% 90% 86% 87% 82% 78% 78% 74% 65% 75% 72% 71% 83% 89%
Pressure 990 990 989 989 989 990 990 991 991 992 993 994 994 995 996
Dew point temperature 0.8° 1.1° 0.6° 0.8° 1.5° 0.8° 1.0° 0.6° -0.1° -2.0° 0.7° -0.0° -0.1° 1.3° 0.9°

Friday (22 November 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 Drizzle Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Heavy snow Overcast Partly cloudy (night) Cloudy Sunny intervals Overcast Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Cloudy Clear night Partly cloudy (night) Clear night Clear night Partly cloudy (night) Clear night Partly cloudy (night)
Temperature
1.7°
1.7°
2.3°
1.5°
1.8°
2.1°
1.6°
1.4°
2.5°
2.5°
2.7°
4.7°
6.8°
4.2°
2.4°
1.2°
1.6°
0.7°
0.2°
0.1°
0.1°
0.6°
-0.1°
2.2°
Wind Direction and speed
W 3
W 3
WNW 5
WNW 2
S 3
WSW 1
SW 2
WSW 2
NE 3
ENE 2
E 2
ESE 1
WSW 1
WSW 1
WSW 2
WSW 2
WSW 2
WSW 2
ENE 2
SSE 1
S 1
SSE 3
SSW 3
SE 6
Wind gust 4 4 8 4 5 2 2 3 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 1 3 3 11
Visibility 7 12 11 40 37 30 27 28 31 36 31 32 28 30 31 33 33 35 38 40 35 36 35 1
Humidity 92% 93% 82% 90% 84% 81% 84% 84% 82% 79% 75% 74% 70% 71% 77% 80% 76% 80% 86% 80% 84% 80% 84% 83%
Pressure 996 997 997 998 998 998 999 1,000 1,000 1,001 1,002 1,002 1,002 1,003 1,003 1,004 1,004 1,005 1,005 1,006 1,006 1,006 1,006 1,006
Dew point temperature 0.5° 0.8° -0.5° 0.0° -0.7° -0.8° -0.8° -1.1° -0.2° -0.8° -1.2° 0.5° 1.7° -0.5° -1.3° -1.8° -2.2° -2.4° -1.9° -3.0° -2.3° -2.4° -2.4° -0.4°

Saturday (23 November 2024)

00:00 01:00 02:00 03:00 04:00 05:00 06:00 07:00 08:00
Weather
Weather Symbol Partly cloudy (night) Cloudy Light rain Overcast Light rain Overcast Overcast Overcast Overcast
Temperature
0.1°
0.0°
1.9°
2.1°
2.5°
3.0°
3.2°
4.2°
4.2°
Wind Direction and speed
S 3
SE 4
E 2
SSE 4
ESE 5
SE 5
SE 6
ESE 7
ESE 8
Wind gust 3 5 4 6 7 6 9 10 11
Visibility 36 40 40 40 36 40 40 40 39
Humidity 88% 88% 80% 86% 90% 84% 80% 76% 73%
Pressure 1,006 1,006 1,005 1,004 1,003 1,002 1,002 1,000 1,000
Dew point temperature -1.7° -1.7° -1.1° -0.0° 1.0° 0.5° 0.0° 0.3° -0.1°

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