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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 Cloudy 18° 11° 63 ESE 6 24 1,012
Boulmer Overcast 18° 13° 73 SE 9 1,013
Donna Nook Sunny intervals 21° 47 WSW 5 14 1,013
F3 18° 14° 18° 78 W 7 1,015 6 0.1
Kirkwall Airport Overcast 18° 11° 64 WSW 11 40 1,011
Lerwick (S. Screen) Overcast 15° 11° 78 WSW 15 29 1,011
Leuchars Overcast 20° 10° 52 WSW 6 18 1,012
Lossiemouth Sunny day 18° 56 W 9 26 1,012
Manston Sunny intervals 22° 42 NW 8 29 1,014
Sandettie 18° 13° 18° 74 SW 13 10 1,014 5 0.2
Shoeburyness Cloudy 22° 45 NW 7 24 1,014
Weybourne Cloudy 19° 13° 66 NW 11 24 1,014
Wick John O Groats Airport Heavy rain 14° 12° 88 N 9 1 1,011

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 18° 13° 18° 73 NNW 6 1,018
Gascogne
K1
K2 16° 11° 16° 76 NNW 13 1,018
K7
M6
Pap 16° 11° 17° 69 E 6 1,020

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 Cloudy 20° 11° 55 WNW 6 18 1,016
Channel
Culdrose Sunny day 18° 13° 72 SW 12 26 1,016
E1 18° 14° 76 WSW 13 1,017
Greenwich Light Vessel 17° 13° 17° 78 10 1,016 13 0.2
Guernsey Sunny intervals 19° 13° 68 W 8 26 1,017
Jersey Sunny intervals 18° 13° 71 W 7 21 1,017
Jersey Buoy
L4
Mount Batten Overcast 19° 14° 74 SSW 7 9 1,016
Needles Old Battery
SW 18
Seven Stones 17° 13° 17° 80 WSW 12 10 1,016 9 1.3

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 17° 13° 78 WSW 7 21 1,013
Belmullet Cloudy 17° 13° 79 NW 10 12 1,014
Campbeltown Airport Overcast 16° 11° 70 WNW 5 32 1,013
Crosby Overcast 18° 12° 68 SW 7 24 1,014
Islay Airport Overcast 16° 12° 79 W 6 21 1,013
K4 14° 11° 14° 78 NW 11 1,015
K5 13° 11° 13° 90 1,009
M2
M3
M4
M5
Malin Head Overcast 15° 12° 84 NNE 4 21 1,013
Roches Point Cloudy 18° 11° 66 NW 2 21 1,015
Ronaldsway Overcast 17° 14° 85 SSW 8 1,014
Skye/Lusa
South Uist Range Cloudy 16° 13° 83 SW 11 21 1,012
St. Bees Head Sunny day 16° 12° 74 SW 7 15 1,014
Stornoway Airport - Climate Station Overcast 15° 11° 74 WSW 11 24 1,012
Tiree Sunny day 16° 13° 84 S 9 13 1,013
Valentia Observatory Cloudy 17° 13° 79 NW 8 16 1,016
Valley Overcast 17° 13° 77 SSW 15 16 1,014

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