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Wind, waves & weather Superforecast Kirkwall Airport

250°
11 kts
West-Southwest
50%
10 °C
Scattered clouds
Report from local weather station at 10:50 local time

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Thursday, Mar 19

Wind
Weather
Waves
07h
266.38°
9
15
5
1
97
1023
274°
1
10
07h
266.38°
4 m/s
max 8
5 °C
1023 hPa
274°
1 m
10 s
08h
278.61°
9
10
6
3
93
1023
274.25°
0.9
10
08h
278.61°
5 m/s
max 5
6 °C
1023 hPa
274.25°
0.9 m
10 s
09h
282.38°
11
16
7
4
78
1023
274.5°
0.9
10
09h
282.38°
5 m/s
max 8
7 °C
1023 hPa
274.5°
0.9 m
10 s
10h
284.01°
10
14
8
5
73
1023
274.5°
0.9
10
10h
284.01°
5 m/s
max 7
8 °C
1023 hPa
274.5°
0.9 m
10 s
11h
282.03°
10
14
9
6
72
1023
274.5°
0.9
10
11h
282.03°
5 m/s
max 7
9 °C
1023 hPa
274.5°
0.9 m
10 s
12h
278.23°
9
12
9
6
67
1023
274.5°
0.9
10
12h
278.23°
5 m/s
max 6
9 °C
1023 hPa
274.5°
0.9 m
10 s
13h
263.58°
8
11
9
7
66
1023
275.17°
0.9
10
13h
263.58°
4 m/s
max 6
9 °C
1023 hPa
275.17°
0.9 m
10 s
14h
251.5°
8
11
9
7
65
1023
275.83°
0.8
10
14h
251.5°
4 m/s
max 6
9 °C
1023 hPa
275.83°
0.8 m
10 s
15h
257.42°
7
13
9
7
61
1022
276.5°
0.8
10
15h
257.42°
4 m/s
max 7
9 °C
1022 hPa
276.5°
0.8 m
10 s
16h
241.39°
7
12
9
7
62
1021
282.64°
0.8
11
16h
241.39°
3 m/s
max 6
9 °C
1021 hPa
282.64°
0.8 m
11 s
17h
199.1°
8
9
7
5
74
1021
288.86°
0.8
11
17h
199.1°
4 m/s
max 5
7 °C
1021 hPa
288.86°
0.8 m
11 s
18h
191.25°
7
13
4
1
89
1020
295°
0.8
12
18h
191.25°
3 m/s
max 6
4 °C
1020 hPa
295°
0.8 m
12 s
19h
193.63°
8
14
4
1
91
1020
292.83°
0.8
12
19h
193.63°
4 m/s
max 7
4 °C
1020 hPa
292.83°
0.8 m
12 s
20h
200.08°
8
16
4
1
91
1020
290.67°
0.8
12
20h
200.08°
4 m/s
max 8
4 °C
1020 hPa
290.67°
0.8 m
12 s
21h
206.99°
8
18
4
1
92
1019
288.5°
0.9
12
21h
206.99°
4 m/s
max 10
4 °C
1019 hPa
288.5°
0.9 m
12 s

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General

This is the wind, wave and weather Superforecast 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.

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