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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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Saturday (16 May 2026)

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 Cloudy Overcast Light rain Light rain Light rain Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Clear night Partly cloudy (night) Light rain
Temperature
6.6° Celsius
6.9° Celsius
7.3° Celsius
7.8° Celsius
9.1° Celsius
8.3° Celsius
8.5° Celsius
9.3° Celsius
10.5° Celsius
9.0° Celsius
8.9° Celsius
8.5° Celsius
8.1° Celsius
7.5° Celsius
6.5° Celsius
6.5° Celsius
6.9° Celsius
6.7° Celsius
Wind Direction and speed
NNW 16
NNW 14
NNW 12
NNW 9
N 13
NNW 11
NW 11
NNW 10
NW 9
NNW 10
N 11
NW 7
NW 7
NW 8
WNW 6
W 7
W 6
W 9
Wind gust 20 knots 20 knots 20 knots 15 knots 17 knots 17 knots 15 knots 16 knots 13 knots 14 knots 14 knots 12 knots 12 knots 12 knots 9 knots 8 knots 9 knots 11 knots
Visibility 14 nautical miles 6 nautical miles 19 nautical miles 17 nautical miles 23 nautical miles 22 nautical miles 25 nautical miles 8 nautical miles 8 nautical miles 19 nautical miles 39 nautical miles 16 nautical miles 32 nautical miles 22 nautical miles 22 nautical miles 25 nautical miles 7 nautical miles 12 nautical miles
Humidity 92% 90% 88% 89% 83% 84% 80% 77% 75% 79% 80% 84% 85% 87% 90% 92% 93% 95%
Pressure 1,001 hectopascals 1,001 hectopascals 1,001 hectopascals 1,001 hectopascals 1,001 hectopascals 1,001 hectopascals 1,001 hectopascals 1,000 hectopascals 1,000 hectopascals 1,000 hectopascals 1,000 hectopascals 1,000 hectopascals 1,000 hectopascals 1,000 hectopascals 1,000 hectopascals 1,001 hectopascals 1,001 hectopascals 1,000 hectopascals
Dew point temperature 5.4° Celsius 5.3° Celsius 5.5° Celsius 6.1° Celsius 6.3° Celsius 5.7° Celsius 5.3° Celsius 5.5° Celsius 6.2° Celsius 5.5° Celsius 5.6° Celsius 6.0° Celsius 5.7° Celsius 5.4° Celsius 5.0° Celsius 5.4° Celsius 5.8° Celsius 5.9° Celsius

Sunday (17 May 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 Partly cloudy (night) Overcast Partly cloudy (night) Overcast Sunny intervals Overcast Sunny intervals Sunny day Light rain Cloudy Overcast Light rain Drizzle Overcast Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Overcast Overcast Overcast Overcast
Temperature
6.4° Celsius
6.2° Celsius
6.0° Celsius
5.3° Celsius
6.7° Celsius
7.1° Celsius
7.6° Celsius
8.9° Celsius
7.6° Celsius
9.2° Celsius
9.3° Celsius
7.9° Celsius
9.1° Celsius
8.9° Celsius
8.0° Celsius
7.8° Celsius
7.5° Celsius
8.0° Celsius
7.9° Celsius
7.9° Celsius
7.5° Celsius
7.6° Celsius
7.5° Celsius
7.5° Celsius
Wind Direction and speed
WSW 7
WSW 6
W 11
WSW 7
WSW 6
SW 8
W 9
SW 7
S 8
SE 7
SSE 11
SSE 11
SE 10
SE 13
SE 12
ESE 12
E 14
ESE 16
ESE 13
SE 10
S 6
S 7
S 10
S 10
Wind gust 8 knots 8 knots 13 knots 8 knots 7 knots 9 knots 11 knots 10 knots 11 knots 10 knots 14 knots 14 knots 15 knots 17 knots 17 knots 17 knots 21 knots 22 knots 18 knots 13 knots 9 knots 9 knots 13 knots 13 knots
Visibility 23 nautical miles 28 nautical miles 30 nautical miles 27 nautical miles 39 nautical miles 24 nautical miles 38 nautical miles 29 nautical miles 40 nautical miles 32 nautical miles 32 nautical miles 29 nautical miles 26 nautical miles 23 nautical miles 5 nautical miles 10 nautical miles 1 nautical miles 10 nautical miles 2 nautical miles 5 nautical miles 24 nautical miles 28 nautical miles 24 nautical miles 19 nautical miles
Humidity 93% 93% 91% 93% 90% 88% 73% 75% 85% 71% 72% 81% 78% 75% 84% 87% 94% 93% 94% 95% 94% 93% 93% 94%
Pressure 1,000 hectopascals 1,000 hectopascals 1,000 hectopascals 1,000 hectopascals 1,001 hectopascals 1,001 hectopascals 1,001 hectopascals 1,002 hectopascals 1,002 hectopascals 1,003 hectopascals 1,003 hectopascals 1,004 hectopascals 1,004 hectopascals 1,004 hectopascals 1,004 hectopascals 1,004 hectopascals 1,004 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 5.3° Celsius 5.1° Celsius 4.7° Celsius 4.2° Celsius 5.2° Celsius 5.2° Celsius 3.0° Celsius 4.8° Celsius 5.2° Celsius 4.3° Celsius 4.4° Celsius 4.8° Celsius 5.5° Celsius 4.8° Celsius 5.5° Celsius 5.8° Celsius 6.5° Celsius 7.0° Celsius 7.0° Celsius 7.2° Celsius 6.6° Celsius 6.5° Celsius 6.4° Celsius 6.6° Celsius

Monday (18 May 2026)

00:00 01:00 02:00 03:00 04:00 05:00
Weather
Weather Symbol Overcast Overcast Mist Mist Mist Mist
Temperature
7.7° Celsius
7.2° Celsius
6.2° Celsius
5.2° Celsius
7.3° Celsius
8.2° Celsius
Wind Direction and speed
S 11
S 11
S 6
S 4
SSE 8
S 7
Wind gust 14 knots 14 knots 8 knots 6 knots 11 knots 9 knots
Visibility 23 nautical miles 22 nautical miles 8 nautical miles 12 nautical miles 7 nautical miles 11 nautical miles
Humidity 94% 94% 95% 96% 97% 97%
Pressure 1,006 hectopascals 1,007 hectopascals 1,007 hectopascals 1,007 hectopascals 1,008 hectopascals 1,008 hectopascals
Dew point temperature 6.8° Celsius 6.2° Celsius 5.5° Celsius 4.6° Celsius 6.8° Celsius 7.8° Celsius

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