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Marine observations - Wick John O Groats Airport

  • Location 58.454, -3.089
  • Altitude 36 m above mean sea level
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Sunday (9 March 2025)

20:00 21:00 22:00 23:00
Weather
Weather Symbol Mist Drizzle Light rain Light rain
Temperature
8.1°
7.4°
6.4°
5.8°
Wind Direction and speed
NNE 4
NE 8
NE 12
NE 13
Wind gust 6 11 16 16
Visibility 2 6 6 3
Humidity 97% 98% 95% 93%
Pressure 1,008 1,009 1,009 1,010
Dew point temperature 7.7° 7.0° 5.7° 4.7°

Monday (10 March 2025)

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 Partly cloudy (night) Light rain Light rain Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Sunny intervals Overcast Overcast Overcast Drizzle Light rain Overcast Clear night Overcast Light rain Cloudy Mist
Temperature
5.6°
5.7°
5.7°
5.5°
5.4°
5.9°
5.6°
4.9°
5.9°
6.4°
6.2°
6.0°
6.7°
6.6°
6.2°
5.4°
5.0°
3.5°
3.8°
3.8°
4.1°
3.7°
1.4°
2.0°
Wind Direction and speed
NE 14
NE 13
NE 13
NE 13
NE 13
NE 11
NE 13
NE 11
NE 11
NE 11
NNE 11
NE 11
NNE 11
NNE 10
NNE 10
NNE 10
NNE 11
NNE 6
N 9
N 9
NNE 8
N 7
NNW 4
NNW 5
Wind gust 18 17 17 17 18 15 16 17 14 13 14 14 14 13 13 13 13 9 12 11 11 11 6 6
Visibility 4 3 3 7 9 7 7 6 7 10 9 11 11 9 10 11 11 12 10 10 11 10 5 10
Humidity 91% 90% 91% 89% 85% 79% 78% 85% 80% 64% 64% 62% 58% 65% 65% 68% 66% 81% 72% 63% 64% 74% 83% 91%
Pressure 1,011 1,011 1,012 1,013 1,013 1,014 1,015 1,016 1,016 1,017 1,017 1,017 1,017 1,017 1,017 1,017 1,017 1,017 1,018 1,018 1,018 1,018 1,017 1,017
Dew point temperature 4.3° 4.3° 4.3° 3.8° 3.1° 2.5° 2.0° 2.5° 2.7° 0.1° -0.2° -0.8° -1.0° 0.4° 0.1° -0.1° -0.9° 0.5° -0.7° -2.7° -2.2° -0.5° -1.2° 0.7°

Tuesday (11 March 2025)

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
Weather
Weather Symbol Cloudy Overcast Cloudy Partly cloudy (night) Partly cloudy (night) Overcast Cloudy Sunny intervals Light rain Light rain Cloudy Light rain Light rain Cloudy Overcast Light rain Cloudy Light rain Light rain Drizzle
Temperature
2.4°
0.8°
-0.1°
1.5°
1.3°
2.7°
3.6°
4.3°
4.5°
5.6°
6.9°
6.6°
7.0°
6.1°
5.2°
4.9°
3.9°
3.2°
3.3°
2.7°
Wind Direction and speed
NW 5
NW 3
WNW 3
NW 5
NW 4
WNW 5
NW 6
WNW 7
WNW 10
NW 8
NNW 8
NNW 10
NNW 10
N 12
N 11
NNW 11
N 9
NNW 8
N 8
NNW 7
Wind gust 7 4 3 6 7 6 8 9 13 12 10 13 14 15 14 15 11 11 12 9
Visibility 9 13 12 13 12 13 4 12 5 10 9 10 8 8 8 10 11 11 4 8
Humidity 90% 94% 95% 95% 93% 89% 90% 88% 92% 92% 85% 77% 73% 67% 77% 76% 83% 81% 85% 88%
Pressure 1,016 1,016 1,015 1,014 1,013 1,013 1,012 1,011 1,010 1,010 1,009 1,009 1,008 1,008 1,008 1,008 1,008 1,007 1,007 1,007
Dew point temperature 0.9° -0.1° -0.8° 0.8° 0.3° 1.1° 2.2° 2.5° 3.2° 4.4° 4.5° 2.8° 2.5° 0.4° 1.4° 1.0° 1.3° 0.2° 1.0° 0.9°

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