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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 (20 February 2025)

18:00 19:00 20:00 21:00 22:00 23:00
Weather
Weather Symbol Cloudy Light rain Cloudy Partly cloudy (night) Clear night Clear night
Temperature
7.6°
7.2°
6.7°
6.9°
6.4°
6.2°
Wind Direction and speed
SSW 8
SSW 7
SSW 8
SSW 10
S 8
S 8
Wind gust 10 10 11 12 10 9
Visibility 22 18 16 18 19 13
Humidity 88% 86% 84% 82% 84% 87%
Pressure 992 993 994 995 996 997
Dew point temperature 5.7° 5.0° 4.2° 4.1° 3.9° 4.2°

Friday (21 February 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 Clear night Mist Overcast Overcast Partly cloudy (night) Partly cloudy (night) Overcast Overcast Light rain Light rain Light rain Mist Mist Sunny intervals Overcast Overcast Light rain Light rain Light rain Partly cloudy (night) Overcast Partly cloudy (night) Clear night Clear night
Temperature
6.4°
7.3°
7.6°
7.4°
7.5°
8.2°
8.4°
8.2°
8.0°
8.2°
8.5°
9.1°
10.1°
10.4°
10.9°
10.6°
10.2°
8.2°
7.9°
7.8°
7.4°
6.8°
6.9°
7.3°
Wind Direction and speed
S 6
S 7
SSE 8
SSE 10
SSE 8
SSE 11
SSE 12
SSE 13
SE 12
SE 14
SSE 13
SSE 14
SSE 15
SSE 12
SSE 11
S 11
S 10
WSW 6
SSW 3
S 6
S 6
S 5
S 8
S 9
Wind gust 8 8 11 14 11 14 17 18 18 18 20 19 19 16 16 16 13 8 4 8 7 7 11 11
Visibility 13 10 10 8 8 7 6 6 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 8 2 2 4 9 30 16 13 16
Humidity 88% 85% 86% 89% 89% 88% 88% 90% 94% 95% 94% 94% 91% 90% 89% 90% 91% 95% 96% 97% 93% 92% 91% 89%
Pressure 998 997 998 996 996 995 994 992 990 988 987 986 984 984 983 983 984 985 986 988 989 991 991 992
Dew point temperature 4.5° 5.0° 5.4° 5.7° 5.8° 6.3° 6.6° 6.7° 7.0° 7.4° 7.6° 8.1° 8.7° 8.9° 9.2° 8.9° 8.8° 7.5° 7.3° 7.4° 6.3° 5.6° 5.5° 5.6°

Saturday (22 February 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
Weather
Weather Symbol Clear night Clear night Clear night Clear night Clear night Clear night Partly cloudy (night) Cloudy Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Overcast Sunny day Cloudy Light rain Sunny day
Temperature
7.5°
7.3°
7.2°
7.8°
7.6°
7.4°
7.5°
6.5°
6.8°
8.1°
8.8°
9.5°
8.6°
9.6°
9.5°
8.9°
7.7°
7.5°
Wind Direction and speed
S 8
S 8
SSE 7
S 9
S 8
S 8
S 8
S 7
SSE 7
SSE 8
S 10
S 9
SSE 8
S 8
SSW 8
SSW 9
SW 9
SW 7
Wind gust 11 11 10 12 11 11 12 9 8 10 14 11 10 12 9 12 13 13
Visibility 12 11 10 16 11 15 16 17 16 15 14 18 13 19 24 23 18 19
Humidity 87% 88% 89% 83% 84% 84% 83% 87% 89% 85% 84% 78% 83% 78% 71% 75% 85% 86%
Pressure 992 993 993 993 994 994 995 996 996 997 997 998 998 999 999 999 1,001 1,001
Dew point temperature 5.5° 5.5° 5.5° 5.1° 5.2° 4.8° 4.9° 4.5° 5.0° 5.7° 6.3° 5.9° 5.9° 6.0° 4.6° 4.8° 5.4° 5.3°

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