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Marine observations - Kirkwall Airport

  • Location 58.954, -2.9
  • Altitude 26 m above mean sea level
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Thursday (18 April 2024)

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Weather
Weather Symbol Cloudy Cloudy Clear night Clear night Overcast
Temperature
7.8°
6.5°
6.2°
6.1°
6.2°
Wind Direction and speed
WNW 14
WNW 11
WNW 12
NW 11
NNW 16
Wind gust 25 25 20 18 22
Visibility 15 16 18 15 14
Humidity 85% 89% 86% 89% 86%
Pressure 1,007 1,008 1,008 1,008 1,008
Dew point temperature 5.5° 4.8° 4.1° 4.4° 4.0°

Friday (19 April 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
Weather
Weather Symbol Overcast Cloudy Partly cloudy (night) Clear night Cloudy Cloudy Overcast Overcast Overcast Cloudy Overcast Overcast Overcast Overcast Overcast Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Sunny intervals
Temperature
5.5°
5.1°
5.2°
5.2°
5.1°
4.7°
5.2°
5.3°
5.0°
4.4°
5.9°
5.5°
5.9°
6.6°
6.5°
7.0°
6.2°
6.2°
5.4°
Wind Direction and speed
NNW 19
NNW 19
NNW 19
NNW 19
NNW 19
NW 19
NNW 19
NNW 22
NNW 21
NNW 25
NNW 24
NNW 23
NNW 25
NNW 24
NNW 23
NNW 24
NW 22
NNW 22
NNW 21
Wind gust 27 28 31 29 29 29 28 30 29 37 31 33 34 34 33 32 31 29 27
Visibility 15 14 13 13 14 15 15 16 21 18 18 16 18 16 16 18 18 18 18
Humidity 76% 74% 74% 74% 73% 71% 75% 73% 71% 76% 59% 64% 58% 58% 67% 60% 57% 60% 64%
Pressure 1,009 1,010 1,010 1,011 1,012 1,013 1,013 1,014 1,015 1,016 1,017 1,018 1,019 1,019 1,020 1,021 1,022 1,022 1,023
Dew point temperature 1.6° 0.9° 1.0° 1.0° 0.7° 0.0° 1.1° 0.8° 0.3° 0.5° -1.5° -0.8° -1.6° -1.0° 0.8° -0.1° -1.5° -0.8° -0.7°

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