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Marine observations - Kirkwall Airport

  • Location 58.954, -2.9
  • Altitude 26 m above mean sea level
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Sunday (13 October 2024)

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 Heavy rain Sunny day Light rain Heavy rain Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Sunny day Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Sunny day Sunny day Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy
Temperature
5.4°
6.2°
5.3°
7.1°
6.5°
7.4°
7.0°
7.2°
6.9°
6.0°
4.6°
1.6°
1.5°
1.8°
2.8°
2.3°
3.2°
Wind Direction and speed
NNW 7
NNW 6
NW 6
WNW 4
NNW 6
NNW 5
NW 3
NW 3
W 1
WSW 1
W 3
SE 2
SSE 2
SE 3
SSE 3
S 3
S 3
Wind gust 9 8 9 6 8 6 4 5 1 1 4 3 2 3 4 4 3
Visibility 26 31 37 9 28 32 28 28 28 29 34 33 35 32 31 30 34
Humidity 80% 69% 71% 64% 73% 61% 63% 61% 69% 74% 79% 88% 84% 87% 86% 87% 86%
Pressure 1,013 1,013 1,014 1,015 1,015 1,015 1,015 1,016 1,016 1,016 1,016 1,016 1,016 1,016 1,016 1,015 1,015
Dew point temperature 2.1° 0.9° 0.6° 0.8° 2.0° 0.3° 0.5° 0.2° 1.5° 1.8° 1.2° -0.2° -0.9° -0.1° 0.7° 0.4° 1.1°

Monday (14 October 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 Sunny day Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Heavy rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Sunny intervals Overcast Overcast Cloudy Sunny day Overcast Drizzle Drizzle Overcast Partly cloudy (night) Partly cloudy (night)
Temperature
4.0°
4.3°
5.2°
6.4°
6.0°
6.9°
6.8°
7.7°
8.3°
8.4°
8.2°
8.5°
9.0°
9.7°
10.5°
10.2°
9.1°
10.2°
9.9°
9.3°
10.0°
8.9°
9.0°
8.3°
Wind Direction and speed
S 4
S 4
SSE 5
SSE 4
S 4
S 5
S 4
S 4
S 6
S 6
S 7
S 6
S 7
S 8
S 7
S 5
S 4
S 5
S 5
S 5
S 4
S 4
S 4
S 5
Wind gust 4 5 6 6 6 7 5 5 8 9 8 9 9 11 10 6 5 7 6 6 4 5 5 6
Visibility 36 34 34 32 31 33 29 27 26 3 10 15 21 21 22 22 21 21 22 20 21 22 22 23
Humidity 80% 82% 81% 79% 80% 81% 84% 82% 82% 89% 94% 95% 93% 88% 86% 89% 90% 88% 90% 91% 91% 92% 92% 90%
Pressure 1,014 1,014 1,013 1,012 1,012 1,012 1,012 1,012 1,012 1,012 1,012 1,012 1,012 1,012 1,012 1,012 1,012 1,013 1,013 1,013 1,013 1,013 1,013 1,013
Dew point temperature 0.9° 1.6° 2.1° 3.0° 2.9° 3.9° 4.2° 4.9° 5.4° 6.7° 7.3° 7.7° 7.9° 7.9° 8.3° 8.5° 7.6° 8.3° 8.4° 7.9° 8.6° 7.7° 7.8° 6.8°

Tuesday (15 October 2024)

00:00 01:00 02:00 03:00 04:00 05:00 06:00
Weather
Weather Symbol Overcast Overcast Clear night Clear night Clear night Cloudy Cloudy
Temperature
8.4°
8.3°
7.6°
7.6°
7.8°
8.3°
8.4°
Wind Direction and speed
S 4
S 6
S 4
S 5
S 6
S 6
S 6
Wind gust 5 8 6 7 7 7 7
Visibility 25 24 24 23 19 18 15
Humidity 91% 88% 89% 93% 91% 88% 86%
Pressure 1,013 1,013 1,013 1,012 1,012 1,011 1,011
Dew point temperature 7.0° 6.4° 5.9° 6.5° 6.4° 6.4° 6.1°

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