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Marine observations - Kirkwall Airport

  • Location 58.954, -2.9
  • Altitude 26 m above mean sea level
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Monday (20 January 2025)

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 Light rain Light rain Partly cloudy (night) Cloudy Sunny intervals Cloudy Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Clear night Overcast Cloudy Overcast Partly cloudy (night) Cloudy Overcast
Temperature
5.3°
5.5°
4.7°
4.6°
5.4°
5.6°
6.0°
7.1°
7.7°
6.6°
4.9°
4.1°
4.7°
6.2°
5.9°
6.6°
6.3°
5.8°
6.2°
Wind Direction and speed
S 5
S 5
S 6
S 5
S 5
S 6
S 6
S 5
S 5
S 4
S 4
SSE 4
S 5
SSW 5
SSW 4
S 4
SSW 4
S 4
SSW 4
Wind gust 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 6 6 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 4
Visibility 14 11 11 10 15 18 19 18 21 20 19 17 20 26 22 23 22 22 21
Humidity 94% 96% 97% 97% 96% 93% 91% 88% 84% 86% 90% 93% 94% 93% 89% 90% 92% 94% 94%
Pressure 1,011 1,011 1,011 1,011 1,012 1,012 1,012 1,012 1,011 1,011 1,010 1,010 1,010 1,010 1,010 1,010 1,010 1,009 1,009
Dew point temperature 4.4° 5.0° 4.2° 4.1° 4.8° 4.6° 4.6° 5.2° 5.1° 4.4° 3.4° 3.1° 3.8° 5.2° 4.2° 5.0° 5.1° 4.9° 5.2°

Tuesday (21 January 2025)

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 Partly cloudy (night) Partly cloudy (night) Partly cloudy (night) Partly cloudy (night) Partly cloudy (night) Mist Overcast Partly cloudy (night) Fog Drizzle Drizzle Drizzle Overcast Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Overcast Clear night Partly cloudy (night) Clear night Cloudy Partly cloudy (night) Cloudy Clear night
Temperature
4.6°
3.8°
4.9°
5.2°
4.6°
6.4°
5.0°
5.2°
5.3°
5.3°
6.2°
6.6°
7.3°
7.2°
7.8°
5.6°
4.2°
3.7°
4.1°
2.8°
3.5°
2.8°
2.5°
2.4°
Wind Direction and speed
SSW 3
S 2
S 4
S 3
S 3
S 4
S 3
S 3
SW 2
S 3
W 1
WSW 1
W 1
N 1
S 2
S 2
S 3
S 2
S 2
S 1
ESE 1
E 1
N 0
SE 0
Wind gust 3 3 5 4 4 5 4 3 2 3 3 2 2 3 2 2 3 2 2 2 1 2 0 0
Visibility 18 19 16 27 25 4 10 18 22 7 3 22 30 33 29 27 20 23 30 16 30 33 25 26
Humidity 94% 96% 98% 95% 94% 97% 97% 98% 98% 98% 99% 99% 98% 88% 87% 94% 96% 97% 98% 98% 98% 98% 98% 98%
Pressure 1,008 1,008 1,007 1,007 1,007 1,006 1,006 1,006 1,006 1,006 1,006 1,006 1,006 1,005 1,005 1,005 1,005 1,005 1,006 1,006 1,006 1,006 1,006 1,006
Dew point temperature 3.7° 3.2° 4.6° 4.5° 3.8° 5.9° 4.5° 4.8° 5.1° 5.0° 6.1° 6.5° 7.0° 5.4° 5.7° 4.7° 3.5° 3.2° 3.7° 2.5° 3.2° 2.6° 2.2° 2.1°

Wednesday (22 January 2025)

00:00 01:00 02:00 03:00 04:00
Weather
Weather Symbol Clear night Mist Fog Fog Clear night
Temperature
2.8°
3.6°
2.4°
2.2°
3.1°
Wind Direction and speed
WSW 1
SSW 0
S 0
WSW 1
N 0
Wind gust 1 1 1 1 2
Visibility 8 4 6 8 6
Humidity 98% 99% 98% 99% 100%
Pressure 1,006 1,005 1,005 1,005 1,005
Dew point temperature 2.5° 3.5° 2.2° 2.1° 3.0°

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