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Wind, waves & weather Superforecast Kirkwall Airport 

250°
11 kts
West-Southwest
75%
12 °C
Broken
Report from local weather station at 03:50 local time

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Thursday, Sep 17

Wind
Weather
Waves
07h
228.42°
10
21
23.85%
10
7
92
989
261.75°
1.3
7
07h
228.42°
5 m/s
max 11
23.85%
10 °C
989 hPa
261.75°
1.3 m
7 s
08h
211.71°
11
23
19.3%
10
7
90
988
256.27°
1.4
7
08h
211.71°
6 m/s
max 12
19.3%
10 °C
988 hPa
256.27°
1.4 m
7 s
09h
215.53°
13
16
89.52%
11
11
85
988
250.73°
1.4
6
09h
215.53°
7 m/s
max 8
89.52%
11 °C
988 hPa
250.73°
1.4 m
6 s
10h
212.75°
15
25
99.95%
11
11
84
987
245.25°
1.5
6
10h
212.75°
8 m/s
max 13
99.95%
11 °C
987 hPa
245.25°
1.5 m
6 s
11h
212.97°
13
25
99.95%
Rain
0.1
11
11
86
987
243.25°
1.6
6
11h
212.97°
7 m/s
max 13
99.95%Rain
0.1 mm
11 °C
987 hPa
243.25°
1.6 m
6 s
12h
223.09°
17
28
99.95%
12
12
80
986
241.25°
1.7
6
12h
223.09°
9 m/s
max 14
99.95%
12 °C
986 hPa
241.25°
1.7 m
6 s
13h
220.48°
17
26
99.95%
12
12
79
986
239.25°
1.7
6
13h
220.48°
9 m/s
max 14
99.95%
12 °C
986 hPa
239.25°
1.7 m
6 s
14h
222.8°
17
26
99.95%
Rain
0.6
11
11
89
985
245.8°
1.8
7
14h
222.8°
9 m/s
max 14
99.95%Rain
0.6 mm
11 °C
985 hPa
245.8°
1.8 m
7 s
15h
225.33°
15
25
99.95%
Rain
0.3
11
11
94
985
252.45°
1.9
8
15h
225.33°
8 m/s
max 13
99.95%Rain
0.3 mm
11 °C
985 hPa
252.45°
1.9 m
8 s
16h
248.24°
20
31
99.95%
Rain
1.5
11
11
96
985
259°
2
9
16h
248.24°
10 m/s
max 16
99.95%Rain
1.5 mm
11 °C
985 hPa
259°
2 m
9 s
17h
252.73°
19
30
92.52%
Rain
0.2
11
11
90
985
264.07°
2.2
9
17h
252.73°
10 m/s
max 15
92.52%Rain
0.2 mm
11 °C
985 hPa
264.07°
2.2 m
9 s
18h
250.57°
19
30
99.95%
Rain
0.5
11
11
93
985
269.18°
2.3
10
18h
250.57°
10 m/s
max 15
99.95%Rain
0.5 mm
11 °C
985 hPa
269.18°
2.3 m
10 s
19h
258.79°
19
30
99.95%
Rain
0.7
11
11
94
985
274.25°
2.4
11
19h
258.79°
10 m/s
max 15
99.95%Rain
0.7 mm
11 °C
985 hPa
274.25°
2.4 m
11 s
20h
262.3°
19
31
99.95%
Rain
0.7
11
11
94
986
275.25°
2.4
11
20h
262.3°
10 m/s
max 16
99.95%Rain
0.7 mm
11 °C
986 hPa
275.25°
2.4 m
11 s
21h
260.37°
21
30
99.95%
Rain
0.3
11
11
92
986
276.25°
2.5
11
21h
260.37°
11 m/s
max 15
99.95%Rain
0.3 mm
11 °C
986 hPa
276.25°
2.5 m
11 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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