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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 (24 April 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 Overcast Overcast Overcast Overcast Overcast Overcast Overcast Overcast Overcast Cloudy Cloudy Overcast Overcast Overcast Overcast Light rain Drizzle Light rain Overcast Overcast Cloudy
Temperature
4.3°
4.7°
4.4°
4.5°
4.4°
5.1°
5.6°
6.0°
7.0°
6.9°
6.9°
7.9°
7.1°
6.7°
6.4°
6.8°
5.7°
4.9°
3.7°
4.0°
4.0°
2.7°
Wind Direction and speed
N 10
N 10
N 10
N 8
NNW 7
N 10
N 10
NNW 10
NNW 10
NW 11
NW 12
NW 13
NNW 16
NNW 17
NNW 14
NNW 15
NW 12
NNW 10
NNW 10
N 17
N 10
NNW 9
Wind gust 17 15 18 14 13 15 13 14 16 17 18 21 32 24 23 21 21 26 19 21 20 24
Visibility 18 18 18 16 18 18 18 18 21 21 18 14 21 18 18 18 16 16 16 15 16 15
Humidity 64% 61% 63% 64% 66% 61% 60% 60% 55% 54% 55% 56% 55% 59% 61% 62% 73% 80% 89% 85% 80% 85%
Pressure 1,023 1,023 1,022 1,022 1,021 1,021 1,021 1,020 1,019 1,019 1,018 1,017 1,016 1,015 1,014 1,013 1,012 1,011 1,010 1,010 1,009 1,009
Dew point temperature -1.8° -2.0° -1.9° -1.6° -1.4° -1.6° -1.5° -1.1° -1.3° -1.6° -1.4° -0.2° -1.3° -0.7° -0.4° 0.2° 1.3° 1.7° 2.1° 1.7° 0.8° 0.4°

Thursday (25 April 2024)

00:00 01:00
Weather
Weather Symbol Cloudy Clear night
Temperature
2.8°
1.4°
Wind Direction and speed
NNW 12
NNW 9
Wind gust 17 12
Visibility 14 16
Humidity 82% 92%
Pressure 1,008 1,008
Dew point temperature 0.0° 0.2°

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