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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 Overcast 12° 72 NW 9 40 1,010
Boulmer Sunny intervals 10° 79 WNW 9 15 1,011
Donna Nook Overcast 14° 12° 91 NW 14 26 1,010
F3 16° 14° 16° 88 NNW 7 1,010 6 0.2
Kirkwall Airport Overcast 10° 95 WNW 10 21 1,008
Lerwick (S. Screen) Mist 10° 10° 97 WNW 10 2 1,006
Leuchars Overcast 10° 83 WSW 10 21 1,011
Lossiemouth Overcast 11° 83 WNW 13 24 1,010
Manston Cloudy 13° 11° 90 WNW 5 13 1,010
Sandettie 16° 13° 16° 82 NNW 2 10 1,010 6 0.2
Shoeburyness Overcast 14° 13° 95 NW 3 8 1,010
Weybourne Overcast 15° 13° 93 NW 8 13 1,010
Wick John O Groats Airport Overcast 10° 10° 97 WNW 11 8 1,009

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 17° 16° 17° 96 E 10 1,015
Gascogne
K1
K2 13° 14° 73 N 16 1,022
K7
M6
Pap 14° 10° 15° 75 N 14 1,024

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 15° 14° 90 NW 7 14 1,012
Channel
Culdrose Overcast 15° 15° 99 NNW 7 16 1,014
E1 16° 15° 93 WNW 11 1,014
Greenwich Light Vessel 16° 14° 15° 88 10 1,010 9 0.3
Guernsey Cloudy 14° 14° 97 NW 6 9 1,013
Jersey Mist 14° 13° 95 NW 4 5 1,013
Jersey Buoy
L4
Mount Batten Overcast 15° 14° 94 WNW 6 10 1,013
Needles Old Battery
NNW 13
Seven Stones

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 11° 10° 94 W 6 10 1,015
Belmullet Cloudy 12° 78 NW 8 8 1,018
Campbeltown Airport Drizzle 11° 10° 91 WNW 14 2 1,013
Crosby Overcast 13° 10° 81 NW 18 8 1,013
Islay Airport Overcast 12° 10° 89 NW 13 7 1,014
K4 12° 10° 13° 86 NW 16 1,018
K5 11° 12° 82 1,013
M2 13° 14° 79 NNW 14 1,015 4 0.7
M3 13° 13° 78 N 16 1,019 6 2
M4 12° 13° 74 NW 14 1,017 6 2.8
M5 13° 15° 78 N 19 1,016 4 1.5
Malin Head Light shower (day) 11° 87 NNW 14 5 1,015
Roches Point 10° 84 NNW 8 16 1,018
Ronaldsway Overcast 12° 82 W 5 1,014
Skye/Lusa
South Uist Range Overcast 11° 86 NW 10 15 1,013
St. Bees Head Overcast 11° 83 WNW 14 9 1,013
Stornoway Airport - Climate Station Light rain 10° 95 NW 11 1 1,012
Tiree Overcast 11° 88 NW 11 6 1,014
Valentia Observatory Cloudy 12° 68 N 8 14 1,019
Valley Light rain 11° 10° 94 NNW 1 11 1,015

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