Daily Superforecast
asLast update: 19:40 local time
Tuesday, Jan 06
Wind
Weather
Waves
302°
WNW
00h
6 kts
max 8 kts
1° C
-3
87%
1006 hpa
1.0 m
9 s
315°
NW
01h
7 kts
max 8 kts
2° C
-2
81%
1005 hpa
1.0 m
9 s
315°
NW
02h
4 kts
max 6 kts
0.09 mm
1° C
-1
93%
1005 hpa
1.0 m
9 s
318°
NW
03h
1 kts
max 1 kts
0.11 mm
0° C
1
90%
1004 hpa
0.9 m
9 s
205°
SSW
04h
4 kts
max 6 kts
0.08 mm
1° C
-1
94%
1003 hpa
0.9 m
9 s
221°
SW
05h
4 kts
max 8 kts
0.2 mm
1° C
-2
96%
1002 hpa
0.9 m
9 s
204°
SSW
06h
5 kts
max 8 kts
0.16 mm
1° C
-2
94%
1002 hpa
0.8 m
9 s
173°
S
07h
6 kts
max 11 kts
2° C
-1
78%
1001 hpa
0.9 m
9 s
186°
S
08h
8 kts
max 13 kts
0.25 mm
2° C
-2
89%
1000 hpa
0.9 m
8 s
195°
SSW
09h
9 kts
max 16 kts
0.05 mm
1° C
-3
92%
1000 hpa
0.9 m
8 s
175°
S
10h
13 kts
max 18 kts
2° C
-3
84%
998 hpa
1.0 m
7 s
177°
S
11h
15 kts
max 20 kts
0.16 mm
2° C
-4
88%
997 hpa
1.1 m
7 s
166°
SSE
12h
14 kts
max 18 kts
2.57 mm
1° C
-5
92%
996 hpa
1.2 m
6 s
159°
SSE
13h
14 kts
max 21 kts
2.23 mm
1° C
-5
98%
995 hpa
1.2 m
6 s
149°
SSE
14h
14 kts
max 24 kts
3.68 mm
1° C
-5
100%
994 hpa
1.3 m
6 s
141°
SE
15h
14 kts
max 24 kts
2.78 mm
1° C
-4
100%
994 hpa
1.3 m
6 s
135°
SE
16h
13 kts
max 20 kts
2.44 mm
1° C
-4
100%
993 hpa
1.4 m
6 s
125°
SE
17h
13 kts
max 21 kts
2.6 mm
1° C
-4
100%
992 hpa
1.5 m
6 s
119°
ESE
18h
20 kts
max 29 kts
1.94 mm
3° C
-3
97%
992 hpa
1.6 m
6 s
119°
ESE
19h
21 kts
max 25 kts
0.62 mm
3° C
-3
91%
992 hpa
1.7 m
6 s
110°
ESE
20h
20 kts
max 29 kts
0.69 mm
3° C
-3
94%
993 hpa
1.8 m
7 s
107°
ESE
21h
21 kts
max 29 kts
1.23 mm
2° C
-4
92%
994 hpa
1.9 m
7 s
99°
E
22h
17 kts
max 24 kts
1.0 mm
2° C
-4
91%
994 hpa
1.9 m
7 s
104°
ESE
23h
15 kts
max 24 kts
0.58 mm
3° C
-3
88%
995 hpa
1.9 m
7 s
Wednesday, Jan 07
Wind
Weather
Waves
109°
ESE
00h
15 kts
max 23 kts
0.08 mm
3° C
-3
87%
995 hpa
2.0 m
7 s
112°
ESE
01h
13 kts
max 23 kts
0.15 mm
2° C
-3
86%
995 hpa
1.9 m
8 s
111°
ESE
02h
13 kts
max 23 kts
0.09 mm
3° C
-3
82%
995 hpa
1.9 m
8 s
94°
E
03h
16 kts
max 23 kts
0.28 mm
3° C
-2
88%
996 hpa
1.9 m
8 s
97°
E
04h
14 kts
max 18 kts
0.21 mm
3° C
-2
80%
997 hpa
2.0 m
8 s
103°
ESE
05h
13 kts
max 17 kts
3° C
-2
82%
997 hpa
2.0 m
8 s
100°
E
06h
13 kts
max 18 kts
3° C
-2
82%
997 hpa
2.1 m
8 s
100°
E
07h
11 kts
max 15 kts
3° C
-2
80%
998 hpa
2.1 m
9 s
104°
ESE
08h
9 kts
max 13 kts
1° C
-3
84%
998 hpa
2.1 m
9 s
104°
ESE
09h
10 kts
max 14 kts
2° C
-3
79%
998 hpa
2.1 m
9 s
111°
ESE
10h
11 kts
max 14 kts
2° C
-3
78%
999 hpa
2.1 m
9 s
115°
ESE
11h
11 kts
max 14 kts
2° C
-3
78%
999 hpa
2.1 m
9 s
121°
ESE
12h
9 kts
max 13 kts
2° C
-3
78%
999 hpa
2.1 m
10 s
121°
ESE
13h
9 kts
max 13 kts
2° C
-2
76%
999 hpa
2.1 m
10 s
122°
ESE
14h
9 kts
max 13 kts
2° C
-3
77%
998 hpa
2.0 m
10 s
126°
SE
15h
8 kts
max 13 kts
1° C
-3
80%
998 hpa
2.0 m
10 s
129°
SE
16h
8 kts
max 12 kts
1° C
-3
79%
998 hpa
2.0 m
10 s
133°
SE
17h
9 kts
max 13 kts
2° C
-3
77%
998 hpa
2.0 m
10 s
142°
SE
18h
9 kts
max 14 kts
1° C
-3
77%
998 hpa
2.0 m
10 s
149°
SSE
19h
9 kts
max 14 kts
1° C
-3
76%
998 hpa
1.9 m
10 s
154°
SSE
20h
9 kts
max 14 kts
1° C
-3
75%
998 hpa
1.9 m
10 s
164°
SSE
21h
9 kts
max 14 kts
2° C
-3
75%
997 hpa
1.9 m
10 s
172°
S
22h
9 kts
max 14 kts
2° C
-3
78%
997 hpa
1.8 m
10 s
177°
S
23h
9 kts
max 14 kts
2° C
-3
75%
997 hpa
1.8 m
10 s
Thursday, Jan 08
Wind
Weather
Waves
182°
S
00h
9 kts
max 14 kts
2° C
-3
73%
997 hpa
1.7 m
10 s
200°
SSW
01h
9 kts
max 14 kts
2° C
-2
79%
996 hpa
1.7 m
10 s
211°
SSW
02h
8 kts
max 15 kts
2° C
-2
87%
996 hpa
1.6 m
10 s
199°
SSW
03h
9 kts
max 16 kts
0.06 mm
2° C
-2
86%
995 hpa
1.6 m
10 s
198°
SSW
04h
11 kts
max 16 kts
2° C
-3
82%
995 hpa
1.6 m
10 s
201°
SSW
05h
12 kts
max 17 kts
1° C
-4
86%
994 hpa
1.5 m
10 s
200°
SSW
06h
10 kts
max 17 kts
1° C
-4
89%
994 hpa
1.5 m
10 s
196°
SSW
07h
12 kts
max 18 kts
1° C
-4
86%
993 hpa
1.5 m
9 s
194°
SSW
08h
13 kts
max 21 kts
2° C
-4
84%
993 hpa
1.5 m
9 s
188°
S
09h
13 kts
max 22 kts
2° C
-4
84%
992 hpa
1.5 m
9 s
186°
S
10h
15 kts
max 23 kts
2° C
-3
82%
992 hpa
1.5 m
9 s
184°
S
11h
15 kts
max 22 kts
0.12 mm
2° C
-4
83%
991 hpa
1.5 m
9 s
192°
SSW
12h
15 kts
max 21 kts
0.05 mm
3° C
-3
88%
991 hpa
1.5 m
9 s
198°
SSW
13h
15 kts
max 19 kts
0.3 mm
2° C
-3
93%
990 hpa
1.5 m
9 s
193°
SSW
14h
12 kts
max 18 kts
0.16 mm
2° C
-3
95%
990 hpa
1.5 m
9 s
197°
SSW
15h
11 kts
max 16 kts
2° C
-3
94%
990 hpa
1.5 m
10 s
191°
S
16h
10 kts
max 15 kts
2° C
-2
93%
989 hpa
1.5 m
10 s
207°
SSW
17h
12 kts
max 17 kts
3° C
-2
93%
989 hpa
1.5 m
9 s
206°
SSW
18h
11 kts
max 17 kts
2° C
-2
93%
989 hpa
1.5 m
9 s
208°
SSW
19h
11 kts
max 17 kts
3° C
-2
93%
988 hpa
1.5 m
9 s
212°
SSW
20h
11 kts
max 18 kts
3° C
-2
92%
988 hpa
1.5 m
9 s
211°
SSW
21h
9 kts
max 16 kts
2° C
-2
92%
988 hpa
1.4 m
9 s
208°
SSW
22h
8 kts
max 14 kts
2° C
-3
93%
988 hpa
1.4 m
9 s
202°
SSW
23h
8 kts
max 15 kts
0° C
-4
95%
989 hpa
1.4 m
9 s
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Additional information
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 or paragliding.
Superforecast
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Statistics
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