Weather Kirkwall

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Friday	0300	0600	0900	1200	1500	1800	2100	2400
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Temperature (°F)	55° 55°	56° 56°	59° 59°	62° 62°	61° 61°	59° 59°	57° 57°	56° 56°
Temperature felt (°F)	54°	54°	57°	60°	58°	57°	54°	53°
Wind direction	SSE	SSE	S	WSW	WSW	WSW	S	SE
Wind speed (mph)	SSE 4-5 4-5	SSE 5-7 5-7	S 5-9 5-9	WSW 5-12 5-12	WSW 6-14 6-14	WSW 6-13 6-13	S 6-12 6-12	SE 6-9 6-9
Precipitation (in/3h)	- 5% -	- 5% -	- 5% -	- 5% -	- 0% -	- 5% -	- 5% -	- 0% -
Precipitation probability	5%	5%	5%	5%	0%	5%	5%	0%
Precipitation hourly	00:00 to 01:00: 0% chance of precipitation in the area. 0″ are predicted by our local models. 01:00 to 02:00: 0% chance of precipitation in the area. 0″ are predicted by our local models. 02:00 to 03:00: 5% chance of precipitation in the area. 0″ are predicted by our local models.	03:00 to 04:00: 5% chance of precipitation in the area. 0″ are predicted by our local models. 04:00 to 05:00: 5% chance of precipitation in the area. 0″ are predicted by our local models. 05:00 to 06:00: 0% chance of precipitation in the area. 0″ are predicted by our local models.	06:00 to 07:00: 0% chance of precipitation in the area. 0″ are predicted by our local models. 07:00 to 08:00: 0% chance of precipitation in the area. 0″ are predicted by our local models. 08:00 to 09:00: 5% chance of precipitation in the area. 0″ are predicted by our local models.	09:00 to 10:00: 5% chance of precipitation in the area. 0″ are predicted by our local models. 10:00 to 11:00: 5% chance of precipitation in the area. 0″ are predicted by our local models. 11:00 to 12:00: 0% chance of precipitation in the area. 0″ are predicted by our local models.	12:00 to 13:00: 0% chance of precipitation in the area. 0″ are predicted by our local models. 13:00 to 14:00: 0% chance of precipitation in the area. 0″ are predicted by our local models. 14:00 to 15:00: 0% chance of precipitation in the area. 0″ are predicted by our local models.	15:00 to 16:00: 5% chance of precipitation in the area. 0″ are predicted by our local models. 16:00 to 17:00: 5% chance of precipitation in the area. 0″ are predicted by our local models. 17:00 to 18:00: 5% chance of precipitation in the area. 0″ are predicted by our local models.	18:00 to 19:00: 5% chance of precipitation in the area. 0″ are predicted by our local models. 19:00 to 20:00: 5% chance of precipitation in the area. 0″ are predicted by our local models. 20:00 to 21:00: 5% chance of precipitation in the area. 0″ are predicted by our local models.	21:00 to 22:00: 0% chance of precipitation in the area. 0″ are predicted by our local models. 22:00 to 23:00: 0% chance of precipitation in the area. 0″ are predicted by our local models. 23:00 to 00:00: 0% chance of precipitation in the area. 0″ are predicted by our local models.
Precipitation hourly	No precipitation expected
rainSPOT Precipitation distribution within 20 km

Sea/surf forecast
	0300	0600	0900	1200	1500	1800	2100	2400
Significant wave height (m)	0.1 0.1	0.1 0.1	0.1 0.1	0.1 0.1	0.1 0.1	0.1 0.1	242.8 242.8	0 0
Significant wave direction in which the waves move
Water temperature (°F)	58°	58°	58°	58°	58°	58°	59°	59°

Sea/surf forecast
	0300	0600	0900	1200	1500	1800	2100	2400
Significant wave height (m)	0.1 0.1	0.1 0.1	0.1 0.1	0.1 0.1	0.1 0.1	0.1 0.1	242.8 242.8	0 0
Significant wave direction in which the waves move
Water temperature (°F)	58°	58°	58°	58°	58°	58°	59°	59°
Swell wave height (m)	0.2 0.2	0.2 0.2	0.2 0.2	0.2 0.2	0.2 0.2	0.2 0.2	242.8 242.8	0 0
Swell wave period (s)	3.7 3.7	3.7 3.7	3.7 3.7	3.7 3.7	3.6 3.6	3.6 3.6	246.7 246.7	0 0
Wind wave direction in which the waves move
Wind wave height (m)	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	242.7 242.7	0 0
Wind wave period (s)	0.9	1.4	1.4	0.5	0	0	242.7	0

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Weather report for Kirkwall

At night and for the afternoon it is mostly cloudy. Before noon the sky remains overcast. The sun will not be visible. Temperature highs are likely to reach 62 °F. The whole day blows a light breeze (4 to 8 mph). Winds blowing overnight from Southeast, in the morning from Southwest and during the afternoon from West. The weather forecast for Kirkwall for Friday is likely to be accurate.

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Pressure: 1012 hPa

Timezone: BST (UTC +01:00h)

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Hourly weather forecast for Kirkwall

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Temperature chart with weather pictograms. The yellow background indicates daylight.
Clouds in different altitudes: from few clouds (light grey) to overcast (dark grey). Dark blue bars show hourly precipitation and light blue showers. An asterisk indicates snow fall.
Forecasts for wind speeds are blue and for gusts are green. The arrowheads point in the same direction as the wind.

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The location marker is placed on Kirkwall. [More]

The real-time satellite image combines visible light during daytime with infrared radiation during nighttime. At night, the image is not dark as infrared radiation can detect temperature differences. Unfortunately, low clouds and fog are difficult to distinguish from ground temperatures and thus can be almost invisible during the night. Meteosat satellite images for Europe are updated in real-time every 5 minutes. GOES-16/GOES-17 (North & South America) and Himawari (Asia) images update every 10 minutes.

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The location marker is placed on Kirkwall. This animation shows the precipitation radar for the selected time range, as well as a 2h forecast. Orange crosses indicate lightning. Data provided by nowcast.de (available in USA, Europe, Australia). Drizzle or light snow fall might be invisible for the radar. Precipitation intensity is colour coded, ranging from turquoise to red.

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