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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 (4 October 2023)

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 Light rain Light rain Light rain Sunny intervals Overcast Light rain Light rain Light rain Overcast Light rain Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Clear night Clear night Clear night Clear night Clear night Clear night
Temperature
10.4°
10.5°
10.8°
10.6°
11.2°
11.8°
10.8°
10.7°
11.6°
12.4°
12.9°
12.5°
12.3°
11.0°
9.1°
8.9°
8.4°
8.4°
8.1°
7.7°
Wind Direction and speed
SSW 7
SSW 5
SSW 9
SW 9
SW 10
SW 13
WSW 11
WSW 10
SW 8
W 10
WNW 17
W 15
W 14
W 12
W 10
W 10
W 9
W 10
W 10
W 10
Wind gust 11 9 14 16 16 17 23 20 13 16 25 25 22 20 15 16 12 14 15 14
Visibility 2 3 11 14 11 3 9 16 15 11 12 11 12 12 11 12 11 12 11 12
Humidity 94% 95% 96% 94% 91% 92% 92% 87% 85% 90% 77% 78% 80% 83% 88% 87% 88% 85% 88% 88%
Pressure 1,009 1,009 1,008 1,007 1,008 1,008 1,008 1,008 1,008 1,008 1,008 1,009 1,009 1,010 1,010 1,011 1,011 1,012 1,012 1,013
Dew point temperature 9.5° 9.8° 10.2° 9.7° 9.8° 10.5° 9.5° 8.7° 9.2° 10.8° 8.9° 8.8° 8.9° 8.2° 7.3° 6.8° 6.5° 6.1° 6.3° 5.9°

Thursday (5 October 2023)

00:00 01:00 02:00 03:00
Weather
Weather Symbol Clear night Clear night Partly cloudy (night) Overcast
Temperature
7.0°
7.6°
8.3°
8.7°
Wind Direction and speed
W 6
WSW 7
SW 5
SW 6
Wind gust 11 9 12 10
Visibility 11 11 11 11
Humidity 91% 90% 90% 87%
Pressure 1,013 1,013 1,014 1,014
Dew point temperature 5.6° 6.1° 6.7° 6.6°

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