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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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Friday (20 December 2024)

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 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
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
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 11 12 10 11 10 10 9 12 10 9 7 9 9 8 8 8 8 8
Visibility 12 13 12 14 15 16 11 13 12 12 9 13 13 13 11 12 11 11
Humidity 88% 87% 89% 90% 89% 88% 85% 84% 81% 84% 88% 85% 87% 87% 86% 86% 83% 82%
Pressure 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 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 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 Light rain Cloudy Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Partly cloudy (night) Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Overcast Light rain Cloudy Overcast Light rain Light rain Light rain Cloudy 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°
6.1°
6.8°
5.6°
6.5°
7.2°
6.5°
6.4°
6.0°
5.2°
4.1°
4.4°
4.3°
4.0°
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 15
SW 17
WSW 14
W 17
W 17
W 15
W 17
W 17
W 13
WSW 10
W 10
W 11
W 13
Wind gust 11 10 9 12 14 18 18 11 10 14 18 21 24 19 24 24 22 24 24 19 12 15 15 16
Visibility 12 14 11 13 10 12 3 8 8 12 5 7 6 8 9 8 6 8 7 9 9 10 11 2
Humidity 84% 80% 84% 83% 84% 84% 90% 84% 86% 78% 82% 79% 77% 87% 84% 72% 77% 71% 67% 73% 80% 79% 79% 87%
Pressure 998 997 994 992 989 986 986 984 985 984 983 981 979 978 977 977 978 978 978 979 979 979 978 979
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° 2.6° 3.0° 3.6° 3.9° 2.5° 2.9° 1.6° 0.4° 0.8° 1.0° 1.1° 1.1° 2.0°

Sunday (22 December 2024)

00:00 01:00 02:00 03:00 04:00 05:00
Weather
Weather Symbol Cloudy Light rain Light rain Light rain Cloudy Cloudy
Temperature
4.4°
5.0°
4.5°
4.3°
4.2°
4.1°
Wind Direction and speed
W 14
W 12
W 14
W 13
W 14
W 14
Wind gust 19 16 20 16 18 19
Visibility 8 7 4 8 9 9
Humidity 86% 81% 80% 83% 79% 81%
Pressure 979 980 980 981 981 981
Dew point temperature 2.2° 2.0° 1.4° 1.6° 0.9° 1.1°

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