Daily Superforecast
asLast update: 07:38 local time
Thursday, Nov 13
Wind
Weather
Waves
38°
NE
00h
17 kts
max 20 kts
7° C
2
61%
1001 hpa
2.5 m
10 s
39°
NE
01h
18 kts
max 21 kts
7° C
2
58%
1000 hpa
2.4 m
10 s
35°
NE
02h
17 kts
max 21 kts
7° C
2
56%
1000 hpa
2.4 m
10 s
33°
NNE
03h
17 kts
max 21 kts
6° C
2
57%
1001 hpa
2.3 m
10 s
41°
NE
04h
17 kts
max 23 kts
6° C
2
62%
1002 hpa
2.3 m
9 s
44°
NE
05h
19 kts
max 25 kts
6° C
2
62%
1002 hpa
2.4 m
9 s
44°
NE
06h
19 kts
max 27 kts
7° C
2
60%
1002 hpa
2.4 m
8 s
43°
NE
07h
19 kts
max 25 kts
7° C
2
58%
1003 hpa
2.5 m
8 s
42°
NE
08h
19 kts
max 24 kts
6° C
2
58%
1003 hpa
2.5 m
8 s
39°
NE
09h
19 kts
max 22 kts
6° C
2
57%
1005 hpa
2.6 m
9 s
38°
NE
10h
18 kts
max 22 kts
7° C
2
58%
1005 hpa
2.5 m
9 s
28°
NNE
11h
18 kts
max 23 kts
6° C
2
67%
1006 hpa
2.5 m
9 s
31°
NNE
12h
18 kts
max 21 kts
6° C
2
65%
1006 hpa
2.4 m
10 s
24°
NNE
13h
14 kts
max 19 kts
0.05 mm
6° C
2
62%
1007 hpa
2.3 m
10 s
12°
NNE
14h
15 kts
max 16 kts
6° C
1
57%
1007 hpa
2.2 m
10 s
5°
N
15h
14 kts
max 15 kts
5° C
0
61%
1008 hpa
2.2 m
10 s
1°
N
16h
13 kts
max 15 kts
4° C
0
68%
1008 hpa
2.1 m
10 s
1°
N
17h
11 kts
max 15 kts
4° C
0
73%
1009 hpa
1.9 m
11 s
359°
N
18h
11 kts
max 15 kts
4° C
0
71%
1009 hpa
1.8 m
11 s
355°
N
19h
10 kts
max 15 kts
4° C
0
72%
1010 hpa
1.8 m
11 s
350°
N
20h
10 kts
max 14 kts
3° C
-1
75%
1010 hpa
1.7 m
10 s
354°
N
21h
10 kts
max 16 kts
0.06 mm
4° C
0
75%
1010 hpa
1.6 m
10 s
0°
N
22h
10 kts
max 16 kts
0.1 mm
4° C
0
76%
1011 hpa
1.6 m
10 s
1°
N
23h
10 kts
max 15 kts
3° C
-1
75%
1011 hpa
1.5 m
10 s
Friday, Nov 14
Wind
Weather
Waves
1°
N
00h
10 kts
max 15 kts
4° C
0
74%
1011 hpa
1.4 m
10 s
1°
N
01h
10 kts
max 15 kts
4° C
1
76%
1011 hpa
1.4 m
10 s
3°
N
02h
9 kts
max 13 kts
4° C
0
78%
1011 hpa
1.4 m
10 s
31°
NNE
03h
10 kts
max 14 kts
0.06 mm
5° C
1
76%
1011 hpa
1.4 m
10 s
31°
NNE
04h
11 kts
max 15 kts
4° C
0
75%
1012 hpa
1.4 m
9 s
22°
NNE
05h
12 kts
max 15 kts
4° C
0
81%
1012 hpa
1.4 m
8 s
38°
NE
06h
11 kts
max 16 kts
5° C
1
74%
1012 hpa
1.4 m
8 s
36°
NE
07h
11 kts
max 15 kts
4° C
-1
71%
1013 hpa
1.4 m
8 s
33°
NNE
08h
12 kts
max 15 kts
4° C
-1
69%
1014 hpa
1.4 m
8 s
33°
NNE
09h
12 kts
max 16 kts
4° C
0
65%
1014 hpa
1.4 m
8 s
39°
NE
10h
12 kts
max 17 kts
4° C
0
71%
1015 hpa
1.4 m
7 s
44°
NE
11h
12 kts
max 17 kts
5° C
0
66%
1016 hpa
1.4 m
7 s
40°
NE
12h
11 kts
max 16 kts
0.22 mm
4° C
-1
78%
1016 hpa
1.4 m
7 s
44°
NE
13h
12 kts
max 17 kts
4° C
0
72%
1016 hpa
1.4 m
7 s
46°
NE
14h
12 kts
max 17 kts
4° C
0
62%
1016 hpa
1.3 m
7 s
53°
NE
15h
12 kts
max 16 kts
4° C
-1
61%
1016 hpa
1.3 m
7 s
56°
NE
16h
12 kts
max 17 kts
4° C
-1
62%
1016 hpa
1.3 m
7 s
55°
NE
17h
12 kts
max 18 kts
4° C
-1
65%
1017 hpa
1.3 m
8 s
55°
NE
18h
13 kts
max 19 kts
4° C
0
63%
1017 hpa
1.3 m
8 s
66°
ENE
19h
13 kts
max 19 kts
5° C
1
65%
1018 hpa
1.3 m
8 s
67°
ENE
20h
11 kts
max 17 kts
5° C
1
67%
1018 hpa
1.3 m
8 s
74°
ENE
21h
10 kts
max 15 kts
4° C
1
64%
1018 hpa
1.3 m
7 s
79°
E
22h
9 kts
max 14 kts
5° C
1
65%
1019 hpa
1.3 m
8 s
75°
ENE
23h
8 kts
max 14 kts
4° C
1
67%
1019 hpa
1.3 m
9 s
Saturday, Nov 15
Wind
Weather
Waves
77°
ENE
00h
8 kts
max 13 kts
4° C
1
68%
1019 hpa
1.2 m
10 s
79°
E
01h
7 kts
max 12 kts
3° C
0
75%
1019 hpa
1.2 m
10 s
79°
E
02h
7 kts
max 12 kts
2° C
-1
78%
1019 hpa
1.2 m
10 s
74°
ENE
03h
7 kts
max 11 kts
2° C
-2
77%
1019 hpa
1.2 m
10 s
72°
ENE
04h
7 kts
max 11 kts
2° C
-2
77%
1019 hpa
1.1 m
10 s
74°
ENE
05h
7 kts
max 10 kts
1° C
-2
76%
1019 hpa
1.1 m
10 s
70°
ENE
06h
7 kts
max 10 kts
2° C
-2
77%
1019 hpa
1.1 m
10 s
71°
ENE
07h
6 kts
max 9 kts
3° C
0
78%
1019 hpa
1.1 m
10 s
72°
ENE
08h
6 kts
max 8 kts
2° C
-1
78%
1019 hpa
1.0 m
10 s
81°
E
09h
5 kts
max 7 kts
2° C
-1
75%
1020 hpa
1.0 m
10 s
94°
E
10h
3 kts
max 3 kts
4° C
3
72%
1020 hpa
1.0 m
10 s
115°
ESE
11h
1 kts
max 1 kts
6° C
8
64%
1020 hpa
0.9 m
10 s
324°
NW
12h
1 kts
max 1 kts
7° C
8
65%
1019 hpa
0.9 m
10 s
326°
NW
13h
2 kts
max 3 kts
6° C
5
70%
1019 hpa
0.9 m
10 s
326°
NW
14h
4 kts
max 5 kts
4° C
2
80%
1018 hpa
0.8 m
11 s
323°
NW
15h
5 kts
max 7 kts
1° C
-1
76%
1018 hpa
0.8 m
11 s
318°
NW
16h
4 kts
max 7 kts
2° C
-1
76%
1018 hpa
0.8 m
10 s
310°
NW
17h
5 kts
max 10 kts
3° C
1
81%
1018 hpa
0.8 m
10 s
303°
WNW
18h
6 kts
max 12 kts
2° C
-2
83%
1017 hpa
0.8 m
10 s
308°
NW
19h
6 kts
max 13 kts
4° C
1
82%
1017 hpa
0.8 m
10 s
293°
WNW
20h
6 kts
max 14 kts
1° C
-2
83%
1017 hpa
0.8 m
10 s
292°
WNW
21h
8 kts
max 15 kts
5° C
2
83%
1016 hpa
0.8 m
10 s
304°
NW
22h
7 kts
max 15 kts
0.05 mm
2° C
-1
88%
1016 hpa
0.8 m
9 s
303°
WNW
23h
8 kts
max 18 kts
3° C
-1
90%
1015 hpa
0.9 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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Units
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