Daily Superforecast
asLast update: 07:36 local time
Thursday, Nov 21
Wind
Weather
Waves
296°
WNW
00h
18 kts
max 24 kts
0.46 mm
3° C
-3
81%
991 hpa
2.1 m
10 s
289°
WNW
01h
14 kts
max 21 kts
4° C
-2
78%
990 hpa
2.1 m
10 s
292°
WNW
02h
12 kts
max 18 kts
3° C
-1
84%
989 hpa
2.1 m
11 s
296°
WNW
03h
8 kts
max 20 kts
2° C
-2
91%
988 hpa
2.0 m
11 s
335°
NNW
04h
10 kts
max 20 kts
2° C
-2
78%
987 hpa
2.0 m
11 s
330°
NNW
05h
10 kts
max 20 kts
2° C
-3
71%
986 hpa
2.0 m
11 s
324°
NW
06h
10 kts
max 20 kts
2° C
-2
73%
986 hpa
2.0 m
11 s
324°
NW
07h
10 kts
max 19 kts
2° C
-2
72%
986 hpa
1.9 m
11 s
321°
NW
08h
10 kts
max 19 kts
3° C
-2
67%
986 hpa
1.9 m
11 s
318°
NW
09h
10 kts
max 19 kts
3° C
-1
67%
985 hpa
1.8 m
11 s
319°
NW
10h
10 kts
max 18 kts
0.05 mm
3° C
-1
77%
985 hpa
1.8 m
11 s
324°
NW
11h
8 kts
max 14 kts
4° C
0
76%
984 hpa
1.7 m
11 s
352°
N
12h
10 kts
max 14 kts
4° C
1
72%
983 hpa
1.6 m
11 s
19°
NNE
13h
10 kts
max 17 kts
0.34 mm
4° C
0
81%
984 hpa
1.6 m
10 s
36°
NE
14h
14 kts
max 20 kts
4° C
-1
76%
983 hpa
1.6 m
10 s
33°
NNE
15h
12 kts
max 18 kts
3° C
-2
81%
984 hpa
1.6 m
10 s
32°
NNE
16h
9 kts
max 16 kts
3° C
-1
81%
984 hpa
1.6 m
10 s
36°
NE
17h
14 kts
max 17 kts
1.71 mm
1° C
-4
100%
985 hpa
1.5 m
10 s
36°
NE
18h
13 kts
max 16 kts
0.74 mm
3° C
-2
84%
986 hpa
1.5 m
9 s
39°
NE
19h
12 kts
max 16 kts
3° C
-1
87%
986 hpa
1.5 m
9 s
46°
NE
20h
12 kts
max 16 kts
0.19 mm
3° C
-2
78%
987 hpa
1.5 m
9 s
39°
NE
21h
9 kts
max 15 kts
2° C
-2
81%
988 hpa
1.4 m
9 s
28°
NNE
22h
7 kts
max 13 kts
1° C
-3
79%
988 hpa
1.4 m
9 s
17°
NNE
23h
7 kts
max 11 kts
2° C
-1
85%
988 hpa
1.3 m
9 s
Friday, Nov 22
Wind
Weather
Waves
8°
N
00h
7 kts
max 13 kts
0.63 mm
3° C
0
89%
989 hpa
1.3 m
8 s
71°
ENE
01h
7 kts
max 14 kts
0.21 mm
1° C
-3
97%
989 hpa
1.3 m
8 s
14°
NNE
02h
6 kts
max 11 kts
0° C
-4
84%
990 hpa
1.3 m
8 s
26°
NNE
03h
10 kts
max 13 kts
0.52 mm
1° C
-3
98%
990 hpa
1.3 m
8 s
88°
E
04h
10 kts
max 20 kts
5.1 mm
1° C
-3
98%
991 hpa
1.3 m
8 s
123°
ESE
05h
5 kts
max 12 kts
0.32 mm
1° C
-2
94%
992 hpa
1.3 m
8 s
91°
E
06h
5 kts
max 12 kts
2° C
-2
78%
992 hpa
1.3 m
8 s
40°
NE
07h
12 kts
max 15 kts
0.28 mm
2° C
-3
94%
993 hpa
1.3 m
9 s
69°
ENE
08h
6 kts
max 12 kts
1.59 mm
1° C
-2
98%
994 hpa
1.3 m
9 s
215°
SW
09h
1 kts
max 1 kts
0.69 mm
-1° C
-1
94%
995 hpa
1.3 m
9 s
2°
N
10h
5 kts
max 13 kts
0.46 mm
3° C
0
93%
996 hpa
1.3 m
9 s
9°
N
11h
5 kts
max 12 kts
0.16 mm
3° C
1
85%
996 hpa
1.2 m
9 s
10°
N
12h
5 kts
max 11 kts
4° C
1
78%
997 hpa
1.2 m
9 s
355°
N
13h
5 kts
max 9 kts
3° C
0
80%
997 hpa
1.1 m
9 s
355°
N
14h
7 kts
max 11 kts
2° C
-1
79%
998 hpa
1.1 m
9 s
332°
NNW
15h
8 kts
max 10 kts
0.15 mm
2° C
-1
90%
998 hpa
1.1 m
9 s
292°
WNW
16h
6 kts
max 7 kts
0.25 mm
0° C
-4
85%
999 hpa
1.0 m
8 s
280°
W
17h
7 kts
max 9 kts
-1° C
-5
89%
1000 hpa
1.0 m
8 s
269°
W
18h
7 kts
max 9 kts
-1° C
-6
83%
1000 hpa
1.0 m
8 s
276°
W
19h
6 kts
max 7 kts
-2° C
-5
76%
1000 hpa
0.9 m
8 s
291°
WNW
20h
5 kts
max 6 kts
0° C
-3
82%
1001 hpa
0.9 m
8 s
301°
WNW
21h
4 kts
max 4 kts
-1° C
-4
74%
1001 hpa
0.9 m
8 s
295°
WNW
22h
5 kts
max 5 kts
-1° C
-4
77%
1002 hpa
0.9 m
8 s
262°
W
23h
5 kts
max 5 kts
-2° C
-5
83%
1002 hpa
0.8 m
8 s
Saturday, Nov 23
Wind
Weather
Waves
247°
WSW
00h
5 kts
max 5 kts
-2° C
-5
85%
1002 hpa
0.8 m
8 s
233°
SW
01h
4 kts
max 4 kts
-2° C
-5
90%
1002 hpa
0.8 m
8 s
211°
SSW
02h
3 kts
max 3 kts
-1° C
-3
91%
1002 hpa
0.8 m
8 s
154°
SSE
03h
2 kts
max 2 kts
-1° C
-2
86%
1001 hpa
0.8 m
8 s
126°
SE
04h
4 kts
max 7 kts
-2° C
-5
79%
1001 hpa
0.8 m
8 s
145°
SE
05h
7 kts
max 12 kts
3° C
0
84%
1001 hpa
0.8 m
8 s
151°
SSE
06h
9 kts
max 13 kts
3° C
0
87%
1000 hpa
0.8 m
8 s
153°
SSE
07h
10 kts
max 16 kts
3° C
-1
85%
1000 hpa
0.9 m
7 s
147°
SSE
08h
12 kts
max 18 kts
3° C
-2
77%
999 hpa
1.0 m
7 s
139°
SE
09h
14 kts
max 22 kts
4° C
-1
74%
998 hpa
1.1 m
6 s
133°
SE
10h
18 kts
max 26 kts
5° C
-1
78%
997 hpa
1.2 m
6 s
133°
SE
11h
19 kts
max 28 kts
5° C
0
77%
996 hpa
1.4 m
6 s
135°
SE
12h
21 kts
max 29 kts
5° C
0
79%
994 hpa
1.6 m
6 s
133°
SE
13h
22 kts
max 31 kts
5° C
-1
78%
993 hpa
1.8 m
6 s
131°
SE
14h
24 kts
max 33 kts
5° C
0
76%
991 hpa
2.0 m
6 s
126°
SE
15h
24 kts
max 36 kts
5° C
-1
75%
990 hpa
2.2 m
6 s
131°
SE
16h
25 kts
max 37 kts
0.35 mm
5° C
-1
89%
989 hpa
2.4 m
6 s
123°
ESE
17h
27 kts
max 38 kts
0.11 mm
5° C
-1
75%
988 hpa
2.7 m
7 s
123°
ESE
18h
26 kts
max 38 kts
0.24 mm
5° C
-1
90%
987 hpa
2.9 m
7 s
121°
ESE
19h
27 kts
max 35 kts
0.67 mm
5° C
-1
93%
986 hpa
2.9 m
7 s
118°
ESE
20h
28 kts
max 34 kts
0.19 mm
5° C
-1
92%
985 hpa
2.9 m
8 s
114°
ESE
21h
29 kts
max 35 kts
0.21 mm
5° C
-1
92%
984 hpa
2.9 m
8 s
112°
ESE
22h
28 kts
max 33 kts
0.23 mm
6° C
0
94%
982 hpa
2.8 m
8 s
111°
ESE
23h
26 kts
max 32 kts
0.16 mm
6° C
0
94%
981 hpa
2.6 m
8 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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