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Marine observations - Kirkwall Airport

  • Location 58.954, -2.9
  • Altitude 26 m above mean sea level
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Friday (26 July 2024)

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) Sunny intervals Overcast Drizzle Overcast Overcast Overcast Sunny day Sunny intervals Cloudy Overcast Sunny intervals Overcast Light rain Cloudy Cloudy Light rain Overcast Overcast Overcast Cloudy
Temperature
11.9°
10.7°
10.6°
11.8°
11.9°
12.3°
13.1°
14.9°
16.1°
15.7°
15.9°
16.9°
17.2°
17.7°
14.1°
14.7°
15.3°
13.4°
13.5°
12.9°
12.7°
11.4°
Wind Direction and speed
SW 8
SSW 9
SSW 7
S 8
SSW 11
SSW 12
SW 11
WSW 12
WSW 15
WSW 16
WSW 14
WSW 10
WSW 9
WSW 8
S 8
SSE 10
S 9
S 9
S 8
SSW 6
SSW 6
SW 9
Wind gust 11 11 11 11 15 18 17 18 20 21 22 18 16 16 11 14 15 13 11 10 9 10
Visibility 18 24 26 26 2 11 24 18 24 21 26 26 24 32 24 40 40 21 32 35 29 21
Humidity 92% 93% 92% 94% 94% 93% 92% 83% 74% 71% 71% 69% 64% 60% 90% 79% 77% 88% 87% 88% 92% 94%
Pressure 999 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,001 1,001 1,002 1,002 1,003 1,003 1,004 1,004 1,004 1,005 1,005 1,005 1,006 1,006 1,007 1,007 1,007
Dew point temperature 10.7° 9.6° 9.4° 10.9° 10.9° 11.2° 11.8° 12.0° 11.5° 10.5° 10.7° 11.1° 10.4° 9.8° 12.5° 11.1° 11.3° 11.4° 11.4° 11.0° 11.4° 10.5°

Saturday (27 July 2024)

00:00 01:00
Weather
Weather Symbol Clear night Overcast
Temperature
11.5°
11.5°
Wind Direction and speed
SSW 9
S 8
Wind gust 10 9
Visibility 21 15
Humidity 96% 96%
Pressure 1,007 1,007
Dew point temperature 10.9° 10.8°

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