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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 (19 May 2024)

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Weather
Weather Symbol Overcast Overcast Overcast Overcast Overcast Overcast Overcast Overcast Drizzle Overcast Overcast Mist Overcast Mist
Temperature
14.0°
14.1°
12.7°
12.8°
12.8°
12.8°
12.8°
12.2°
11.8°
11.4°
11.0°
10.6°
9.7°
9.8°
Wind Direction and speed
SW 5
W 4
SSE 10
S 9
S 8
S 6
S 5
SSE 7
SSE 6
SSE 8
S 6
SSE 6
SSE 5
S 4
Wind gust 8 9 13 12 11 10 8 8 9 10 10 9 8 6
Visibility 40 35 18 24 9 10 35 9 15 10 15 3 5 3
Humidity 84% 82% 89% 88% 90% 89% 88% 92% 92% 92% 93% 95% 96% 97%
Pressure 1,019 1,019 1,019 1,019 1,020 1,020 1,019 1,019 1,019 1,019 1,020 1,020 1,020 1,020
Dew point temperature 11.3° 11.1° 11.0° 10.9° 11.2° 11.0° 10.8° 10.9° 10.6° 10.2° 9.9° 9.9° 9.1° 9.3°

Monday (20 May 2024)

00:00 01:00 02:00 03:00 04:00 05:00 06:00 07:00 08:00 09:00
Weather
Weather Symbol Mist Cloudy No data Mist No data No data No data No data No data No data
Temperature
9.1°
9.2°
9.7°
8.2°
8.7°
9.5°
10.5°
11.7°
12.8°
13.6°
Wind Direction and speed
SSE 5
SSE 7
SSE 7
SSE 9
SSE 6
SE 8
SE 7
SE 10
SE 11
SE 11
Wind gust 6 9 10 9 9 10 10 13 14 15
Visibility 3 5 5 4 6 6 21 40 40 40
Humidity 96% 97% 97% 98% 99% 99% 94% 87% 83% 70%
Pressure 1,020 1,020 1,019 1,019 1,019 1,019 1,019 1,019 1,019 1,019
Dew point temperature 8.5° 8.8° 9.2° 7.9° 8.6° 9.4° 9.5° 9.7° 10.0° 8.2°

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