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East and North Coasts

Location Weather
Air Temp.(°C)
Dew pt.
temp. (°C)
Sea temp. (°C)
Humidity (%)
Wind speed
& direction
Visibility (NM)
Pressure (hPa)
Wave
period (seconds)
Wave
height (metres)
Aberdeen Airport Clear night -1° 72 WSW 5 19 1,024
Boulmer Clear night 86 S 4 13 1,028
Donna Nook Clear night 92 SW 6 11 1,032
F3 77 WNW 15 5 1,035 6 0.4
Kirkwall Airport Clear night 79 WSW 11 21 1,020
Lerwick (S. Screen) Partly cloudy (night) -2° 70 W 11 32 1,017
Leuchars Clear night 88 WSW 6 35 1,027
Lossiemouth Clear night 80 WSW 7 21 1,024
Manston Clear night 93 WSW 4 11 1,036
Sandettie 75 WNW 13 10 1,035 6 0.4
Shoeburyness Clear night 91 W 3 9 1,036
Weybourne Clear night 90 SW 6 14 1,033
Wick John O Groats Airport Clear night -1° 81 WSW 6 12 1,022

Offshore

Location Weather
Air Temp.(°C)
Dew pt.
temp. (°C)
Sea temp. (°C)
Humidity (%)
Wind speed
& direction
Visibility (NM)
Pressure (hPa)
Wave
period (seconds)
Wave
height (metres)
Brittany 11° 13° 70 NNW 7 1,038 9 4.2
Gascogne
K1
K2
K7
M6 12° 73 SW 19 1,030 8 5.39
Pap

South Coast

Location Weather
Air Temp.(°C)
Dew pt.
temp. (°C)
Sea temp. (°C)
Humidity (%)
Wind speed
& direction
Visibility (NM)
Pressure (hPa)
Wave
period (seconds)
Wave
height (metres)
Bournemouth Airport Fog -1° -2° 98 ENE 2 8 1,036
Channel 11° 11° 67 W 9 10 1,037
Culdrose Clear night 92 W 1 8 1,037
E1 10° 11° 77 NW 6 1,037
Greenwich Light Vessel 10° 10° 73 5 1,036 8 0.8
Guernsey Clear night 82 W 2 18 1,037
Jersey Clear night 95 NW 2 6 1,037
Jersey Buoy
L4
Mount Batten Overcast 96 E 1 8 1,036
Needles Old Battery
Seven Stones 10° 11° 74 W 8 10 1,036 10 3.2

West Coast

Location Weather
Air Temp.(°C)
Dew pt.
temp. (°C)
Sea temp. (°C)
Humidity (%)
Wind speed
& direction
Visibility (NM)
Pressure (hPa)
Wave
period (seconds)
Wave
height (metres)
Belfast International Airport Clear night 95 SSW 4 21 1,031
Belmullet Cloudy 68 WSW 8 12 1,030
Campbeltown Airport Light rain 82 WSW 9 16 1,028
Crosby Partly cloudy (night) 86 WSW 6 6 1,033
Islay Airport Overcast 80 SW 7 12 1,028
K4 11° 72 W 22 1,027
K5 10° 74 1,017
M2 10° 79 W 18 1,032 5 1.29
M3 11° 67 W 9 1,035 8 4.77
M4 11° 62 W 25 1,028 8 5.39
M5 10° 63 WNW 11 1,035 7 2.81
Malin Head Partly cloudy (night) 86 SW 7 9 1,028
Roches Point Clear night 86 NW 2 13 1,035
Ronaldsway Partly cloudy (night) 84 W 5 13 1,031
Skye/Lusa
South Uist Range Light rain 79 WSW 8 14 1,024
St. Bees Head Clear night 91 W 9 12 1,030
Stornoway Airport - Climate Station Cloudy 85 WSW 6 29 1,022
Tiree Overcast 80 W 6 13 1,026
Valentia Observatory 74 S 2 14 1,034
Valley Cloudy 80 WSW 6 16 1,033

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