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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 82 SSW 9 18 995
Boulmer Clear night 84 W 2 10 1,000
Donna Nook Overcast 12° 10° 86 S 7 16 1,005
F3 12° 81 S 18 5 1,010 6 0.3
Kirkwall Airport Clear night 93 S 5 17 991
Lerwick (S. Screen) Overcast 91 SW 12 9 990
Leuchars Clear night 82 SW 7 22 997
Lossiemouth Clear night 74 SSW 4 22 993
Manston Overcast 13° 77 S 6 12 1,010
Sandettie 13° 75 S 17 5 1,010 6 0.4
Shoeburyness Light rain 10° 90 S 3 5 1,009
Weybourne Partly cloudy (night) 12° 83 S 6 10 1,007
Wick John O Groats Airport Clear night 90 S 5 7 992

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 13° 11° 13° 85 SW 15 1,008 10 6.3
Gascogne
K1
K2
K7
M6 11° 12° 73 WSW 20 991 9 6.8
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 Light rain 10° 10° 97 SSW 5 4 1,007
Channel 11° 10° 10° 94 S 14 5 1,007
Culdrose Mist 10° 10° 98 SSW 4 2 1,006
E1 11° 11° 11° 94 S 9 1,006
Greenwich Light Vessel 12° 85 2 1,009 10 1.3
Guernsey Fog 10° 10° 99 S 5 < 1 1,008
Jersey Light rain 10° 10° 99 S 6 < 1 1,009
Jersey Buoy
L4
Mount Batten Mist 10° 10° 97 SSW 6 2 1,006
Needles Old Battery
Seven Stones 12° 10° 11° 91 SW 16 2 1,005 11 4.4

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 84 S 7 19 997
Belmullet Clear night 79 SSW 12 7 992
Campbeltown Airport Clear night 80 S 8 26 996
Crosby Partly cloudy (night) 83 S 5 11 1,003
Islay Airport Clear night 85 S 7 18 995
K4 10° 11° 72 WSW 25 986
K5 10° 10° 78 975
M2
M3 12° 12° 69 SW 24 999 9 6.25
M4 10° 10° 74 SW 28 989 8 5.27
M5 11° 10° 88 SW 14 1,002 8 4.61
Malin Head 79 S 10 8 993
Roches Point Mist 10° 92 SSW 9 3 1,000
Ronaldsway Mist 92 S 8 4 1,000
Skye/Lusa
South Uist Range Partly cloudy (night) 82 S 16 5 988
St. Bees Head Mist 100 S 6 2 1,001
Stornoway Airport - Climate Station Mist 84 S 12 5 988
Tiree Clear night 85 S 13 8 991
Valentia Observatory Partly cloudy (night) 10° 77 SSW 7 7 998
Valley Mist 93 S 9 4 1,002

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