Daily forecast
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Last update: 22:40 local time / This forecast is based on the GFS model
Friday, Jan 09
Wind
Weather
Waves
00h
11 kts
max 11 kts
6° C
994 hpa
1.3 m
10 s
03h
14 kts
max 14 kts
6° C
995 hpa
1.3 m
10 s
06h
16 kts
max 16 kts
6° C
997 hpa
1.3 m
10 s
09h
12 kts
max 14 kts
0.42 mm
6° C
998 hpa
1.3 m
10 s
12h
21 kts
max 22 kts
1.35 mm
6° C
1000 hpa
1.7 m
9 s
15h
22 kts
max 22 kts
6° C
1002 hpa
1.9 m
9 s
18h
23 kts
max 23 kts
6° C
1004 hpa
2.1 m
10 s
21h
24 kts
max 24 kts
6° C
1006 hpa
2.3 m
10 s
Saturday, Jan 10
Wind
Weather
Waves
00h
22 kts
max 22 kts
6° C
1008 hpa
2.4 m
10 s
03h
23 kts
max 23 kts
5° C
1009 hpa
2.4 m
11 s
06h
22 kts
max 23 kts
0.46 mm
5° C
1010 hpa
2.4 m
11 s
09h
23 kts
max 23 kts
5° C
1011 hpa
2.4 m
11 s
12h
24 kts
max 24 kts
6° C
1011 hpa
2.3 m
10 s
15h
24 kts
max 24 kts
5° C
1011 hpa
2.2 m
10 s
18h
20 kts
max 21 kts
5° C
1011 hpa
2.1 m
10 s
21h
20 kts
max 21 kts
5° C
1010 hpa
2.0 m
10 s
Sunday, Jan 11
Wind
Weather
Waves
00h
24 kts
max 26 kts
5° C
1008 hpa
1.9 m
9 s
03h
29 kts
max 30 kts
6° C
1006 hpa
2.0 m
8 s
06h
34 kts
max 36 kts
4° C
1002 hpa
2.3 m
8 s
09h
37 kts
max 40 kts
6.75 mm
4° C
998 hpa
2.7 m
8 s
12h
35 kts
max 37 kts
5.98 mm
4° C
995 hpa
2.9 m
8 s
15h
34 kts
max 35 kts
7.63 mm
5° C
991 hpa
2.9 m
8 s
18h
33 kts
max 35 kts
2.2 mm
6° C
988 hpa
3.0 m
8 s
21h
34 kts
max 38 kts
1.03 mm
6° C
984 hpa
3.2 m
9 s
Monday, Jan 12
Wind
Weather
Waves
00h
34 kts
max 40 kts
3.18 mm
7° C
981 hpa
3.3 m
9 s
03h
25 kts
max 36 kts
0.59 mm
9° C
980 hpa
3.2 m
10 s
06h
29 kts
max 35 kts
9° C
980 hpa
3.0 m
10 s
09h
34 kts
max 39 kts
9° C
978 hpa
2.9 m
10 s
12h
36 kts
max 45 kts
9° C
977 hpa
2.7 m
10 s
15h
36 kts
max 45 kts
9° C
977 hpa
2.6 m
10 s
18h
35 kts
max 44 kts
9° C
978 hpa
2.5 m
10 s
21h
31 kts
max 39 kts
0.72 mm
8° C
981 hpa
2.4 m
10 s
Tuesday, Jan 13
Wind
Weather
Waves
00h
29 kts
max 35 kts
8° C
984 hpa
2.3 m
10 s
03h
27 kts
max 37 kts
1.17 mm
7° C
988 hpa
2.2 m
10 s
06h
24 kts
max 30 kts
0.66 mm
8° C
991 hpa
2.2 m
10 s
09h
19 kts
max 24 kts
7° C
994 hpa
2.2 m
9 s
12h
18 kts
max 20 kts
7° C
996 hpa
2.1 m
9 s
15h
9 kts
max 9 kts
8° C
996 hpa
2.1 m
9 s
18h
8 kts
max 9 kts
8° C
996 hpa
2.0 m
10 s
21h
12 kts
max 15 kts
8° C
994 hpa
2.0 m
10 s
Wednesday, Jan 14
Wind
Weather
Waves
00h
18 kts
max 22 kts
2.44 mm
8° C
990 hpa
2.0 m
10 s
03h
9 kts
max 13 kts
1.71 mm
8° C
986 hpa
1.9 m
10 s
06h
14 kts
max 16 kts
0.57 mm
8° C
984 hpa
1.9 m
10 s
09h
12 kts
max 14 kts
7° C
984 hpa
1.9 m
9 s
12h
9 kts
max 10 kts
7° C
983 hpa
1.8 m
9 s
15h
17 kts
max 18 kts
8° C
982 hpa
1.9 m
9 s
18h
24 kts
max 25 kts
8° C
982 hpa
1.8 m
9 s
21h
20 kts
max 24 kts
8° C
984 hpa
1.8 m
9 s
Thursday, Jan 15
Wind
Weather
Waves
00h
18 kts
max 21 kts
8° C
985 hpa
1.8 m
9 s
03h
17 kts
max 19 kts
0.41 mm
8° C
986 hpa
1.8 m
9 s
06h
12 kts
max 13 kts
7° C
987 hpa
1.9 m
9 s
09h
13 kts
max 13 kts
0.73 mm
7° C
989 hpa
1.9 m
10 s
12h
13 kts
max 17 kts
7° C
989 hpa
1.9 m
12 s
15h
16 kts
max 18 kts
7° C
990 hpa
2.0 m
13 s
18h
13 kts
max 14 kts
7° C
990 hpa
2.0 m
13 s
21h
9 kts
max 9 kts
6° C
991 hpa
2.0 m
13 s
Friday, Jan 16
Wind
Weather
Waves
00h
6 kts
max 6 kts
6° C
991 hpa
2.0 m
13 s
03h
3 kts
max 3 kts
6° C
992 hpa
2.0 m
13 s
06h
6 kts
max 6 kts
6° C
992 hpa
1.9 m
13 s
09h
6 kts
max 7 kts
7° C
992 hpa
1.9 m
12 s
12h
5 kts
max 6 kts
7° C
992 hpa
1.8 m
12 s
15h
3 kts
max 4 kts
7° C
992 hpa
1.8 m
12 s
18h
7 kts
max 7 kts
7° C
991 hpa
1.7 m
11 s
21h
8 kts
max 9 kts
7° C
991 hpa
1.7 m
11 s
Saturday, Jan 17
Wind
Weather
Waves
00h
8 kts
max 9 kts
0.4 mm
7° C
991 hpa
1.7 m
10 s
03h
8 kts
max 9 kts
0.52 mm
7° C
990 hpa
1.8 m
10 s
06h
7 kts
max 7 kts
7° C
989 hpa
1.8 m
10 s
09h
4 kts
max 4 kts
7° C
988 hpa
1.8 m
10 s
12h
2 kts
max 2 kts
7° C
986 hpa
1.9 m
10 s
15h
12 kts
max 12 kts
6° C
984 hpa
1.9 m
10 s
18h
18 kts
max 19 kts
6° C
983 hpa
1.9 m
9 s
21h
19 kts
max 23 kts
7° C
980 hpa
1.9 m
9 s
Sunday, Jan 18
Wind
Weather
Waves
00h
22 kts
max 25 kts
7° C
978 hpa
1.9 m
9 s
03h
23 kts
max 26 kts
0.75 mm
7° C
975 hpa
2.0 m
9 s
06h
28 kts
max 32 kts
0.72 mm
7° C
972 hpa
2.1 m
9 s
09h
34 kts
max 39 kts
1.69 mm
6° C
968 hpa
2.2 m
9 s
12h
20 kts
max 25 kts
4.18 mm
5° C
966 hpa
2.3 m
9 s
15h
27 kts
max 30 kts
1.49 mm
6° C
970 hpa
18h
22 kts
max 24 kts
0.46 mm
7° C
973 hpa
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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
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