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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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Wednesday (27 March 2024)

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Weather
Weather Symbol Overcast Overcast Light rain Light rain Overcast Drizzle Drizzle Overcast Overcast Cloudy Partly cloudy (night) Overcast
Temperature
5.6°
5.7°
4.6°
4.5°
5.7°
7.0°
7.0°
5.8°
5.5°
4.8°
5.4°
7.0°
Wind Direction and speed
E 16
E 17
E 16
ENE 15
NE 17
E 15
SE 13
S 13
S 16
S 11
SSE 7
SSE 14
Wind gust 21 22 22 22 23 21 19 21 25 24 13 19
Visibility 10 12 4 3 4 2 2 9 9 12 9 6
Humidity 83% 77% 85% 93% 96% 98% 98% 95% 94% 93% 95% 90%
Pressure 981 980 979 977 976 974 974 975 977 977 977 977
Dew point temperature 2.9° 2.0° 2.3° 3.4° 5.1° 6.7° 6.7° 5.0° 4.6° 3.7° 4.6° 5.5°

Thursday (28 March 2024)

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 Overcast Clear night Clear night Clear night Clear night Partly cloudy (night) Sunny intervals Overcast Overcast Sunny intervals Overcast
Temperature
7.0°
6.7°
6.3°
6.2°
6.1°
5.9°
6.0°
6.6°
7.0°
7.5°
7.6°
Wind Direction and speed
SSE 12
S 13
SSE 9
SSE 8
SE 9
SE 10
SE 10
SE 13
SE 13
ESE 15
ESE 18
Wind gust 21 22 19 13 15 14 19 21 18 24 24
Visibility 7 8 7 10 7 7 8 8 8 7 8
Humidity 90% 87% 85% 87% 90% 90% 88% 88% 88% 87% 85%
Pressure 978 979 980 980 980 981 981 982 983 983 983
Dew point temperature 5.4° 4.6° 4.0° 4.2° 4.5° 4.4° 4.2° 4.7° 5.2° 5.5° 5.2°

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