Daily Superforecast
asLast update: 13:37 local time
Saturday, Jan 10
Wind
Weather
Waves
171°
S
00h
15 kts
max 18 kts
4° C
-1
72%
1004 hpa
2.4 m
10 s
170°
S
01h
16 kts
max 21 kts
5° C
0
67%
1004 hpa
2.4 m
10 s
171°
S
02h
16 kts
max 20 kts
5° C
0
67%
1004 hpa
2.4 m
10 s
171°
S
03h
17 kts
max 23 kts
4° C
-1
73%
1005 hpa
2.4 m
10 s
171°
S
04h
18 kts
max 24 kts
0.18 mm
4° C
-2
81%
1005 hpa
2.4 m
10 s
175°
S
05h
17 kts
max 22 kts
0.1 mm
4° C
-2
78%
1005 hpa
2.5 m
10 s
175°
S
06h
18 kts
max 23 kts
4° C
-2
76%
1005 hpa
2.5 m
10 s
174°
S
07h
20 kts
max 25 kts
4° C
-2
72%
1004 hpa
2.6 m
10 s
173°
S
08h
20 kts
max 26 kts
4° C
-2
72%
1004 hpa
2.6 m
10 s
176°
S
09h
22 kts
max 27 kts
4° C
-2
77%
1005 hpa
2.6 m
10 s
182°
S
10h
22 kts
max 26 kts
4° C
-2
78%
1006 hpa
2.6 m
10 s
180°
S
11h
22 kts
max 27 kts
4° C
-2
78%
1005 hpa
2.7 m
10 s
182°
S
12h
21 kts
max 28 kts
4° C
-2
77%
1005 hpa
2.7 m
10 s
180°
S
13h
21 kts
max 27 kts
4° C
-2
74%
1005 hpa
2.6 m
9 s
186°
S
14h
21 kts
max 27 kts
4° C
-2
77%
1004 hpa
2.6 m
9 s
187°
S
15h
20 kts
max 26 kts
1.03 mm
3° C
-3
89%
1004 hpa
2.5 m
9 s
190°
S
16h
19 kts
max 27 kts
0.38 mm
3° C
-3
91%
1004 hpa
2.5 m
9 s
194°
SSW
17h
19 kts
max 26 kts
4° C
-2
86%
1004 hpa
2.4 m
9 s
196°
SSW
18h
18 kts
max 25 kts
4° C
-2
87%
1004 hpa
2.3 m
9 s
200°
SSW
19h
17 kts
max 23 kts
3° C
-2
92%
1004 hpa
2.2 m
9 s
199°
SSW
20h
17 kts
max 25 kts
3° C
-2
92%
1004 hpa
2.2 m
9 s
198°
SSW
21h
17 kts
max 23 kts
4° C
-2
86%
1004 hpa
2.1 m
9 s
195°
SSW
22h
14 kts
max 23 kts
4° C
-1
86%
1004 hpa
2.1 m
9 s
195°
SSW
23h
15 kts
max 25 kts
4° C
-1
88%
1003 hpa
2.1 m
9 s
Sunday, Jan 11
Wind
Weather
Waves
189°
S
00h
17 kts
max 26 kts
0.05 mm
5° C
-1
87%
1003 hpa
2.0 m
9 s
183°
S
01h
19 kts
max 28 kts
4° C
-1
88%
1002 hpa
2.2 m
8 s
176°
S
02h
21 kts
max 29 kts
4° C
-2
87%
1001 hpa
2.4 m
8 s
174°
S
03h
23 kts
max 32 kts
4° C
-2
89%
999 hpa
2.6 m
8 s
174°
S
04h
25 kts
max 36 kts
0.09 mm
4° C
-2
89%
998 hpa
2.8 m
8 s
173°
S
05h
26 kts
max 38 kts
0.57 mm
4° C
-3
92%
997 hpa
3.1 m
8 s
172°
S
06h
26 kts
max 47 kts
1.49 mm
3° C
-4
97%
995 hpa
3.3 m
8 s
170°
S
07h
29 kts
max 44 kts
3.84 mm
2° C
-6
99%
994 hpa
3.4 m
8 s
173°
S
08h
29 kts
max 48 kts
1.85 mm
3° C
-5
98%
992 hpa
3.5 m
8 s
179°
S
09h
28 kts
max 50 kts
2.64 mm
3° C
-4
97%
992 hpa
3.6 m
8 s
178°
S
10h
28 kts
max 46 kts
1.3 mm
3° C
-4
97%
991 hpa
3.6 m
9 s
178°
S
11h
28 kts
max 45 kts
1.31 mm
2° C
-5
99%
990 hpa
3.7 m
9 s
177°
S
12h
28 kts
max 45 kts
1.66 mm
3° C
-5
99%
988 hpa
3.7 m
9 s
174°
S
13h
28 kts
max 46 kts
1.49 mm
3° C
-5
99%
987 hpa
3.6 m
9 s
174°
S
14h
30 kts
max 42 kts
1.12 mm
4° C
-4
94%
985 hpa
3.6 m
9 s
176°
S
15h
29 kts
max 40 kts
0.39 mm
4° C
-3
94%
984 hpa
3.5 m
10 s
178°
S
16h
28 kts
max 41 kts
0.21 mm
5° C
-2
92%
983 hpa
3.6 m
10 s
179°
S
17h
26 kts
max 39 kts
0.2 mm
5° C
-1
94%
983 hpa
3.6 m
10 s
177°
S
18h
25 kts
max 37 kts
1.65 mm
5° C
-1
96%
982 hpa
3.6 m
10 s
176°
S
19h
26 kts
max 39 kts
2.26 mm
5° C
-1
96%
981 hpa
3.7 m
10 s
174°
S
20h
24 kts
max 38 kts
2.78 mm
6° C
0
96%
979 hpa
3.8 m
10 s
169°
S
21h
27 kts
max 42 kts
1.87 mm
6° C
0
95%
977 hpa
3.9 m
10 s
168°
SSE
22h
28 kts
max 39 kts
1.6 mm
7° C
1
94%
975 hpa
3.9 m
10 s
166°
SSE
23h
31 kts
max 44 kts
0.23 mm
7° C
1
94%
973 hpa
3.9 m
10 s
Monday, Jan 12
Wind
Weather
Waves
166°
SSE
00h
32 kts
max 43 kts
1.19 mm
7° C
1
94%
971 hpa
3.9 m
10 s
179°
S
01h
26 kts
max 36 kts
8° C
3
89%
970 hpa
3.7 m
10 s
174°
S
02h
27 kts
max 38 kts
8° C
3
84%
968 hpa
3.5 m
11 s
181°
S
03h
31 kts
max 43 kts
8° C
2
81%
966 hpa
3.3 m
11 s
196°
SSW
04h
31 kts
max 46 kts
2.18 mm
6° C
0
91%
966 hpa
3.2 m
11 s
209°
SSW
05h
30 kts
max 48 kts
3.31 mm
6° C
0
90%
966 hpa
3.1 m
11 s
215°
SW
06h
32 kts
max 46 kts
2.07 mm
7° C
1
85%
968 hpa
3.0 m
11 s
213°
SSW
07h
29 kts
max 42 kts
0.44 mm
7° C
1
84%
970 hpa
2.9 m
11 s
213°
SSW
08h
28 kts
max 41 kts
6° C
1
85%
971 hpa
2.9 m
11 s
212°
SSW
09h
27 kts
max 40 kts
7° C
1
84%
972 hpa
2.9 m
10 s
211°
SSW
10h
26 kts
max 37 kts
6° C
0
85%
973 hpa
2.9 m
10 s
215°
SW
11h
25 kts
max 36 kts
7° C
1
83%
974 hpa
2.8 m
10 s
220°
SW
12h
27 kts
max 40 kts
0.06 mm
7° C
1
84%
975 hpa
2.8 m
10 s
229°
SW
13h
26 kts
max 38 kts
0.44 mm
7° C
1
87%
976 hpa
2.7 m
10 s
234°
SW
14h
25 kts
max 35 kts
0.08 mm
6° C
1
88%
977 hpa
2.6 m
10 s
243°
WSW
15h
23 kts
max 32 kts
0.06 mm
7° C
1
87%
978 hpa
2.6 m
10 s
252°
WSW
16h
24 kts
max 33 kts
6° C
0
83%
980 hpa
2.5 m
10 s
251°
WSW
17h
23 kts
max 31 kts
6° C
0
82%
981 hpa
2.4 m
10 s
250°
WSW
18h
22 kts
max 30 kts
6° C
0
83%
983 hpa
2.3 m
10 s
252°
WSW
19h
20 kts
max 28 kts
6° C
1
82%
984 hpa
2.2 m
10 s
255°
WSW
20h
18 kts
max 26 kts
6° C
1
81%
985 hpa
2.1 m
10 s
256°
WSW
21h
16 kts
max 24 kts
6° C
1
81%
986 hpa
2.1 m
10 s
258°
WSW
22h
15 kts
max 22 kts
6° C
1
79%
987 hpa
2.0 m
10 s
255°
WSW
23h
13 kts
max 21 kts
5° C
0
80%
988 hpa
1.9 m
10 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.
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Statistics
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Units
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