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Marine observations - Kirkwall Airport

  • Location 58.954, -2.9
  • Altitude 26 m above mean sea level
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Saturday (29 March 2025)

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Weather
Weather Symbol Light rain Partly cloudy (night) Partly cloudy (night) Cloudy Light rain
Temperature
6.8° Celsius
6.6° Celsius
7.2° Celsius
7.1° Celsius
6.7° Celsius
Wind Direction and speed
WSW 10
WSW 10
WSW 8
WSW 8
W 7
Wind gust 13 knots 13 knots 12 knots 10 knots 9 knots
Visibility 10 nautical miles 12 nautical miles 9 nautical miles 13 nautical miles 13 nautical miles
Humidity 88% 89% 88% 87% 86%
Pressure 994 hectopascals 994 hectopascals 994 hectopascals 994 hectopascals 994 hectopascals
Dew point temperature 5.0° Celsius 4.9° Celsius 5.4° Celsius 5.1° Celsius 4.6° Celsius

Sunday (30 March 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 Partly cloudy (night) Light rain Light rain Partly cloudy (night) Light rain Cloudy Overcast Drizzle Drizzle Cloudy Overcast Overcast Overcast Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Overcast Sunny day Sunny intervals Overcast Overcast Overcast Overcast Overcast
Temperature
6.4° Celsius
6.5° Celsius
6.2° Celsius
6.9° Celsius
7.3° Celsius
7.8° Celsius
7.2° Celsius
8.6° Celsius
8.8° Celsius
9.0° Celsius
9.6° Celsius
9.3° Celsius
9.3° Celsius
9.5° Celsius
9.1° Celsius
8.7° Celsius
8.7° Celsius
7.4° Celsius
7.0° Celsius
5.4° Celsius
5.5° Celsius
6.1° Celsius
6.3° Celsius
6.7° Celsius
Wind Direction and speed
W 6
WNW 6
W 5
W 5
W 6
W 6
W 5
NNW 7
NNW 7
NNW 8
N 9
N 8
N 7
N 7
N 5
N 3
N 3
N 2
W 1
SE 2
SSE 4
SSE 5
SSE 5
SSE 4
Wind gust 9 knots 10 knots 7 knots 8 knots 10 knots 9 knots 6 knots 9 knots 9 knots 11 knots 12 knots 10 knots 9 knots 10 knots 7 knots 5 knots 4 knots 2 knots 1 knots 2 knots 5 knots 5 knots 5 knots 6 knots
Visibility 11 nautical miles 18 nautical miles 12 nautical miles 10 nautical miles 11 nautical miles 10 nautical miles 16 nautical miles 17 nautical miles 21 nautical miles 14 nautical miles 19 nautical miles 15 nautical miles 14 nautical miles 19 nautical miles 18 nautical miles 19 nautical miles 16 nautical miles 17 nautical miles 16 nautical miles 16 nautical miles 15 nautical miles 15 nautical miles 12 nautical miles 13 nautical miles
Humidity 90% 85% 87% 87% 90% 90% 86% 91% 84% 87% 75% 79% 74% 70% 68% 67% 66% 72% 76% 84% 88% 90% 93% 93%
Pressure 996 hectopascals 997 hectopascals 999 hectopascals 1,001 hectopascals 1,002 hectopascals 1,003 hectopascals 1,006 hectopascals 1,008 hectopascals 1,011 hectopascals 1,014 hectopascals 1,015 hectopascals 1,016 hectopascals 1,018 hectopascals 1,019 hectopascals 1,020 hectopascals 1,021 hectopascals 1,022 hectopascals 1,022 hectopascals 1,023 hectopascals 1,023 hectopascals 1,022 hectopascals 1,023 hectopascals 1,022 hectopascals 1,022 hectopascals
Dew point temperature 4.9° Celsius 4.2° Celsius 4.2° Celsius 4.8° Celsius 5.8° Celsius 6.2° Celsius 5.1° Celsius 7.2° Celsius 6.2° Celsius 7.0° Celsius 5.3° Celsius 5.9° Celsius 4.8° Celsius 4.2° Celsius 3.5° Celsius 3.0° Celsius 2.8° Celsius 2.7° Celsius 3.1° Celsius 2.9° Celsius 3.7° Celsius 4.7° Celsius 5.3° Celsius 5.7° Celsius

Monday (31 March 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
Weather
Weather Symbol Cloudy Light rain Overcast Partly cloudy (night) Overcast Overcast Light rain Light rain Light rain Overcast Overcast Overcast Overcast Overcast Overcast Cloudy Overcast Overcast Overcast
Temperature
7.2° Celsius
7.4° Celsius
7.3° Celsius
7.6° Celsius
7.6° Celsius
7.8° Celsius
8.7° Celsius
9.5° Celsius
10.0° Celsius
11.1° Celsius
12.2° Celsius
12.6° Celsius
12.6° Celsius
12.7° Celsius
13.3° Celsius
13.2° Celsius
12.3° Celsius
11.2° Celsius
10.4° Celsius
Wind Direction and speed
S 5
S 7
S 7
S 6
S 8
S 7
S 7
SSW 7
SSW 6
SSW 6
SW 6
SW 5
SSW 4
WSW 8
SW 7
SW 6
SSW 5
S 6
S 5
Wind gust 7 knots 9 knots 8 knots 8 knots 10 knots 8 knots 9 knots 9 knots 8 knots 8 knots 7 knots 6 knots 5 knots 10 knots 9 knots 7 knots 6 knots 6 knots 6 knots
Visibility 15 nautical miles 15 nautical miles 14 nautical miles 15 nautical miles 16 nautical miles 20 nautical miles 18 nautical miles 20 nautical miles 19 nautical miles 22 nautical miles 21 nautical miles 26 nautical miles 23 nautical miles 25 nautical miles 25 nautical miles 23 nautical miles 19 nautical miles 22 nautical miles 21 nautical miles
Humidity 91% 91% 91% 91% 89% 87% 84% 88% 86% 83% 81% 84% 83% 83% 80% 81% 85% 90% 89%
Pressure 1,022 hectopascals 1,022 hectopascals 1,021 hectopascals 1,021 hectopascals 1,020 hectopascals 1,020 hectopascals 1,021 hectopascals 1,021 hectopascals 1,022 hectopascals 1,022 hectopascals 1,022 hectopascals 1,023 hectopascals 1,024 hectopascals 1,024 hectopascals 1,024 hectopascals 1,024 hectopascals 1,024 hectopascals 1,025 hectopascals 1,025 hectopascals
Dew point temperature 5.8° Celsius 6.1° Celsius 6.0° Celsius 6.2° Celsius 5.8° Celsius 5.9° Celsius 6.3° Celsius 7.7° Celsius 7.7° Celsius 8.3° Celsius 9.0° Celsius 9.9° Celsius 9.8° Celsius 9.9° Celsius 10.0° Celsius 10.1° Celsius 9.9° Celsius 9.7° Celsius 8.7° Celsius

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