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Marine observations - Lerwick (S. Screen)

  • Location 60.139, -1.183
  • Altitude 82 m above mean sea level
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Wednesday (28 January 2026)

10:00 11:00 12:00 13:00 14:00 15:00 16:00 17:00 18:00 19:00 20:00 21:00 22:00 23:00
Weather
Weather Symbol Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Drizzle
Temperature
3.3° Celsius
3.8° Celsius
3.8° Celsius
3.5° Celsius
4.1° Celsius
3.8° Celsius
3.7° Celsius
3.6° Celsius
3.8° Celsius
3.9° Celsius
3.9° Celsius
3.8° Celsius
3.6° Celsius
3.8° Celsius
Wind Direction and speed
SE 25
SE 25
ESE 22
ESE 22
SE 25
ESE 24
SE 24
SE 25
SE 24
SE 25
SE 25
SE 26
SE 27
SE 24
Wind gust 34 knots 34 knots 32 knots 36 knots 33 knots 32 knots 34 knots 34 knots 32 knots 32 knots 32 knots 35 knots 35 knots 33 knots
Visibility 5 nautical miles 9 nautical miles 2 nautical miles 6 nautical miles 9 nautical miles 2 nautical miles 7 nautical miles 7 nautical miles 8 nautical miles 8 nautical miles 6 nautical miles 4 nautical miles 8 nautical miles 11 nautical miles
Humidity 93% 90% 90% 91% 87% 91% 91% 91% 91% 89% 88% 90% 90% 90%
Pressure 1,002 hectopascals 1,002 hectopascals 1,002 hectopascals 1,002 hectopascals 1,003 hectopascals 1,003 hectopascals 1,003 hectopascals 1,004 hectopascals 1,004 hectopascals 1,004 hectopascals 1,005 hectopascals 1,005 hectopascals 1,006 hectopascals 1,006 hectopascals
Dew point temperature 2.3° Celsius 2.3° Celsius 2.3° Celsius 2.2° Celsius 2.2° Celsius 2.4° Celsius 2.4° Celsius 2.3° Celsius 2.6° Celsius 2.3° Celsius 2.1° Celsius 2.2° Celsius 2.2° Celsius 2.3° Celsius

Thursday (29 January 2026)

00:00 01:00 02:00 03:00 04:00 05:00 06:00 07:00 08:00 09:00 10:00 11:00 12:00 13:00 14:00 15:00 16:00 17:00 18:00 19:00 20:00 21:00 22:00 23:00
Weather
Weather Symbol Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Drizzle Light rain Light rain Light rain Overcast Light rain Partly cloudy (night) Cloudy Overcast Light rain Light rain
Temperature
3.8° Celsius
3.6° Celsius
3.3° Celsius
3.3° Celsius
3.3° Celsius
3.3° Celsius
2.9° Celsius
3.0° Celsius
3.3° Celsius
3.2° Celsius
3.2° Celsius
3.0° Celsius
2.9° Celsius
2.6° Celsius
2.5° Celsius
2.7° Celsius
3.1° Celsius
2.9° Celsius
1.6° Celsius
2.7° Celsius
2.7° Celsius
2.4° Celsius
1.7° Celsius
2.7° Celsius
Wind Direction and speed
SE 25
SE 22
SE 23
SE 21
SE 23
SE 24
SE 23
SE 23
SE 23
SE 23
SE 23
SE 25
SE 26
SE 25
SE 22
SSE 23
SE 23
SSE 22
SE 25
SE 26
SE 25
SE 26
ESE 24
SE 29
Wind gust 33 knots 30 knots 29 knots 30 knots 31 knots 31 knots 31 knots 30 knots 29 knots 30 knots 31 knots 32 knots 33 knots 32 knots 30 knots 31 knots 31 knots 29 knots 34 knots 34 knots 32 knots 33 knots 34 knots 36 knots
Visibility 11 nautical miles 6 nautical miles 6 nautical miles 6 nautical miles 6 nautical miles 6 nautical miles 8 nautical miles 6 nautical miles 6 nautical miles 6 nautical miles 10 nautical miles 3 nautical miles 8 nautical miles 7 nautical miles 5 nautical miles 7 nautical miles 15 nautical miles 12 nautical miles 1 nautical miles 19 nautical miles 15 nautical miles 24 nautical miles 3 nautical miles 12 nautical miles
Humidity 88% 89% 91% 92% 91% 91% 92% 90% 88% 89% 88% 90% 88% 89% 89% 77% 74% 73% 90% 82% 80% 85% 89% 86%
Pressure 1,006 hectopascals 1,006 hectopascals 1,006 hectopascals 1,006 hectopascals 1,006 hectopascals 1,006 hectopascals 1,006 hectopascals 1,006 hectopascals 1,006 hectopascals 1,006 hectopascals 1,006 hectopascals 1,006 hectopascals 1,006 hectopascals 1,006 hectopascals 1,006 hectopascals 1,006 hectopascals 1,006 hectopascals 1,006 hectopascals 1,006 hectopascals 1,006 hectopascals 1,005 hectopascals 1,005 hectopascals 1,005 hectopascals 1,005 hectopascals
Dew point temperature 2.0° Celsius 2.0° Celsius 2.0° Celsius 2.2° Celsius 2.0° Celsius 1.9° Celsius 1.6° Celsius 1.5° Celsius 1.5° Celsius 1.5° Celsius 1.4° Celsius 1.5° Celsius 1.0° Celsius 1.0° Celsius 0.8° Celsius -0.8° Celsius -1.1° Celsius -1.4° Celsius 0.3° Celsius -0.2° Celsius -0.4° Celsius 0.1° Celsius 0.1° Celsius 0.5° Celsius

Friday (30 January 2026)

00:00 01:00 02:00 03:00 04:00 05:00 06:00 07:00 08:00 09:00
Weather
Weather Symbol Partly cloudy (night) Light rain Cloudy Light rain Light rain Heavy rain Light rain Heavy rain Light rain Cloudy
Temperature
2.5° Celsius
2.4° Celsius
2.1° Celsius
2.2° Celsius
2.2° Celsius
1.7° Celsius
2.1° Celsius
1.0° Celsius
1.9° Celsius
2.6° Celsius
Wind Direction and speed
SE 23
SE 25
SSE 24
SE 23
SE 25
SE 25
SE 24
SE 24
SE 27
SE 27
Wind gust 33 knots 35 knots 31 knots 33 knots 33 knots 35 knots 35 knots 33 knots 36 knots 35 knots
Visibility 13 nautical miles 11 nautical miles 12 nautical miles 16 nautical miles 7 nautical miles 10 nautical miles 7 nautical miles 1 nautical miles 9 nautical miles 10 nautical miles
Humidity 87% 83% 87% 83% 90% 94% 91% 94% 89% 84%
Pressure 1,004 hectopascals 1,004 hectopascals 1,004 hectopascals 1,003 hectopascals 1,003 hectopascals 1,003 hectopascals 1,002 hectopascals 1,002 hectopascals 1,003 hectopascals 1,002 hectopascals
Dew point temperature 0.5° Celsius -0.2° Celsius 0.1° Celsius -0.4° Celsius 0.7° Celsius 0.8° Celsius 0.8° Celsius 0.1° Celsius 0.3° Celsius 0.2° Celsius

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