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Wind, waves & weather forecast Kirkwall Airport 

240°
5 kts
West-Southwest
50%
8 °C
Scattered clouds
Report from local weather station at 00:50 local time

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Last update: 22:38 local time / Next update: 04:48 local time/ This forecast is based on the GFS model
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Monday, Nov 02

Wind
Weather
Waves
00h
289.59°
13
15
41.45%
11
1035
284.25°
0.7
8
00h
289.59°
7 m/s
max 8
41.45%
11 °C
1035 hPa
284.25°
0.7 m
8 s
03h
277.15°
17
19
99.95%
11
1035
288°
0.7
8
03h
277.15°
9 m/s
max 10
99.95%
11 °C
1035 hPa
288°
0.7 m
8 s
06h
303.47°
13
16
99.95%
11
1036
282.75°
0.7
8
06h
303.47°
7 m/s
max 8
99.95%
11 °C
1036 hPa
282.75°
0.7 m
8 s
09h
311.24°
12
16
99.95%
11
1037
283.75°
0.7
8
09h
311.24°
6 m/s
max 8
99.95%
11 °C
1037 hPa
283.75°
0.7 m
8 s
12h
291.94°
13
15
99.95%
11
1038
283.75°
0.7
7
12h
291.94°
7 m/s
max 8
99.95%
11 °C
1038 hPa
283.75°
0.7 m
7 s
15h
294.85°
13
15
99.95%
11
1037
283.25°
0.7
7
15h
294.85°
7 m/s
max 8
99.95%
11 °C
1037 hPa
283.25°
0.7 m
7 s
18h
307.4°
12
14
99.95%
11
1038
281.25°
0.6
7
18h
307.4°
6 m/s
max 7
99.95%
11 °C
1038 hPa
281.25°
0.6 m
7 s
21h
328.21°
9
11
93.11%
11
1038
274.25°
0.6
7
21h
328.21°
4 m/s
max 6
93.11%
11 °C
1038 hPa
274.25°
0.6 m
7 s

Tuesday, Nov 03

Wind
Weather
Waves
00h
326.56°
6
7
99.95%
11
1038
285.25°
0.5
7
00h
326.56°
3 m/s
max 4
99.95%
11 °C
1038 hPa
285.25°
0.5 m
7 s
03h
328.35°
5
5
80.58%
11
1037
283.25°
0.4
7
03h
328.35°
2 m/s
max 3
80.58%
11 °C
1037 hPa
283.25°
0.4 m
7 s
06h
336.19°
5
6
99.48%
11
1037
285.5°
0.4
7
06h
336.19°
3 m/s
max 3
99.48%
11 °C
1037 hPa
285.5°
0.4 m
7 s
09h
341.4°
3
3
99.95%
11
1037
285.75°
0.4
7
09h
341.4°
2 m/s
max 2
99.95%
11 °C
1037 hPa
285.75°
0.4 m
7 s
12h
175.63°
2
2
97.42%
11
1036
275.5°
0.4
9
12h
175.63°
1 m/s
max 1
97.42%
11 °C
1036 hPa
275.5°
0.4 m
9 s
15h
177.09°
5
5
4.96%
11
1035
284.75°
0.4
17
15h
177.09°
2 m/s
max 3
4.96%
11 °C
1035 hPa
284.75°
0.4 m
17 s
18h
176.92°
6
7
4.96%
11
1036
287.5°
0.5
17
18h
176.92°
3 m/s
max 4
4.96%
11 °C
1036 hPa
287.5°
0.5 m
17 s
21h
181.74°
8
9
4.96%
11
1036
284°
0.6
16
21h
181.74°
4 m/s
max 5
4.96%
11 °C
1036 hPa
284°
0.6 m
16 s

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General

This is the wind, wave and weather forecast for Kirkwall Airport in Scotland, United Kingdom.Windfinder specializes in wind, waves, tides and weather reports & forecasts for wind related sports like kitesurfing, windsurfing, surfing, sailing, fishing or paragliding.

Forecast

This forecast is based on the GFS model. Forecasts are available worldwide. The horizontal resolution is about 13 km. Forecasts are computed 4 times a day, at about 01:00, 07:00, 13:00 and 19:00 Greenwich Mean Time. Predictions are available in time steps of 6 hours for up to 10 days into the future.The arrows point in the direction in which the wind is blowing.

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