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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 Fog 99 Calm 5 1,029
Boulmer Sunny day 98 SW 1 19 1,031
Donna Nook Overcast 100 SW 2 10 1,033
F3 10° 99 SW 1 2 1,033 26 0.2
Kirkwall Airport Overcast 96 SW 2 22 1,027
Lerwick (S. Screen) Sunny day 89 SW 4 14 1,026
Leuchars Overcast 91 W 5 8 1,030
Lossiemouth Sunny day 96 S 1 13 1,028
Manston Fog 98 E 2 < 1 1,034
Sandettie 10° 97 ENE 4 < 1 1,034 9 0.2
Shoeburyness Fog 100 SW 0 < 1 1,034
Weybourne Mist 99 SSW 2 1 1,033
Wick John O Groats Airport Fog 99 NNW 0 < 1 1,028

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° 14° 86 E 5 1,032 11 3.4
Gascogne
K1
K2
K7
M6 10° 10° 13° 97 NE 15 1,027 9 4.1
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 Overcast 99 E 2 8 1,034
Channel 10° 12° 98 E 7 2 1,033
Culdrose Overcast 94 E 2 10 1,032
E1 11° 12° 90 E 8 1,033
Greenwich Light Vessel 11° 91 2 1,033 10 0.4
Guernsey Overcast 100 E 3 < 1 1,033
Jersey Overcast 100 ENE 2 4 1,033
Jersey Buoy
L4
Mount Batten Mist 99 N 1 5 1,033
Needles Old Battery
Seven Stones 12° 86 E 7 5 1,032 10 1.6

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 Overcast 97 S 3 11 1,031
Belmullet Cloudy 11° 10° 99 S 5 8 1,029
Campbeltown Airport Overcast 10° 93 SE 4 9 1,030
Crosby Fog 100 SSE 2 < 1 1,033
Islay Airport Drizzle 10° 95 SSE 3 5 1,030
K4 28° 25° 11° 85 ENE 4 1,028
K5 10° 74 1,023
M2 11° 98 SW 12 1,032 3 0.59
M3 11° 11° 12° 100 S 11 1,031 9 3.36
M4 11° 10° 11° 96 SSW 11 1,028 8 3.63
M5 10° 11° 94 SSW 6 1,033 6 0.94
Malin Head Overcast 10° 94 SSW 6 12 1,029
Roches Point Cloudy 99 SE 3 13 1,032
Ronaldsway Drizzle 97 SSW 4 7 1,032
Skye/Lusa
South Uist Range Overcast 96 S 2 40 1,028
St. Bees Head Fog 100 SSE 7 < 1 1,032
Stornoway Airport - Climate Station Cloudy 95 W 1 40 1,028
Tiree Light rain 10° 10° 97 SSW 6 < 1 1,028
Valentia Observatory Light shower (day) 11° 10° 97 SSE 3 1 1,031
Valley Drizzle 99 S 7 2 1,032

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