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Marine observations - Lerwick (S. Screen)

  • Location 60.139, -1.183
  • Altitude 82 m above mean sea level
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Monday (15 April 2024)

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 Overcast Overcast Overcast Overcast Overcast Overcast Overcast Overcast Overcast Light rain Overcast Overcast Overcast Light rain Light rain
Temperature
6.8°
7.2°
7.5°
8.2°
8.1°
8.9°
8.6°
8.7°
8.1°
7.9°
7.2°
6.7°
6.3°
6.1°
6.4°
6.4°
Wind Direction and speed
ESE 10
E 7
E 11
E 9
E 13
ESE 10
E 10
E 10
ENE 9
ENE 8
NE 5
NNE 5
N 5
N 5
NNW 5
N 13
Wind gust 14 16 13 13 16 16 16 13 13 12 11 8 6 9 9 21
Visibility 15 40 29 16 9 21 16 10 14 18 9 15 18 40 4 10
Humidity 92% 88% 85% 87% 88% 80% 83% 84% 86% 83% 91% 93% 93% 92% 93% 94%
Pressure 992 992 993 993 994 995 996 997 998 999 1,000 1,001 1,002 1,003 1,003 1,004
Dew point temperature 5.5° 5.4° 5.2° 6.1° 6.2° 5.7° 5.8° 6.2° 5.9° 5.2° 5.9° 5.6° 5.3° 4.9° 5.4° 5.5°

Tuesday (16 April 2024)

00:00 01:00 02:00 03:00 04:00 05:00 06:00 07:00
Weather
Weather Symbol Overcast Overcast Overcast Light rain Clear night Cloudy Sunny intervals Sunny intervals
Temperature
5.5°
4.8°
4.8°
4.2°
3.9°
3.8°
3.8°
4.8°
Wind Direction and speed
NNW 17
NNW 17
NNW 18
NNW 16
NNW 14
NW 11
NW 12
NW 12
Wind gust 23 25 25 27 26 22 20 24
Visibility 21 24 26 21 21 21 21 21
Humidity 91% 86% 81% 85% 81% 80% 78% 69%
Pressure 1,005 1,005 1,006 1,007 1,007 1,007 1,008 1,008
Dew point temperature 4.2° 2.7° 1.8° 1.9° 1.0° 0.7° 0.3° -0.3°

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