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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 -1° 80 WNW 7 14 994
Boulmer Sunny day -5° 63 W 9 997
Donna Nook Sunny day -3° -5° 82 SW 3 27 1,000
F3 -2° 13° 60 W 11 1,002 7 0.9
Kirkwall Airport Cloudy 87 NNW 7 22 990
Lerwick (S. Screen) Heavy rain 94 ENE 6 33 990
Leuchars Overcast -3° 67 W 7 40 996
Lossiemouth Cloudy 92 WSW 8 25 995
Manston Overcast -2° 82 WSW 2 24 1,001
Sandettie -2° 12° 56 SW 6 26 1,002 7 0.7
Shoeburyness Overcast -1° 96 NW 1 12 1,001
Weybourne Sunny day -2° -3° 89 SW 4 15 1,000
Wick John O Groats Airport Light rain 89 W 5 14 992

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 12° 15° 81 NW 35 999 8 6.1
Gascogne
K1
K2
K7
M6 13° 70 N 18 1,011 7 4.34
Pap 11° 14° 67 1,011

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 95 ESE 3 3 999
Channel 15° 96 E 31 994
Culdrose Light rain 92 E 14 7 992
E1 14° 96 ENE 34 992
Greenwich Light Vessel 13°
10 999 6 0.5
Guernsey Heavy rain 96 E 14 2 992
Jersey Overcast 97 E 14 1 992
Jersey Buoy
L4 90 E 34 993
Mount Batten Light rain 93 E 7 3 994
Needles Old Battery
Seven Stones 13° 90 ENE 29 5 992 7 3.5

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 Sunny day -2° -2° 98 Calm 11 1,003
Belmullet Cloudy -1°
WSW 1 18 1,006
Campbeltown Airport Cloudy 76 NW 11 30 1,001
Crosby Sunny day 92 SE 2 9 1,001
Islay Airport Sunny intervals 90 NNW 6 40 1,002
K4 12° 77 NNE 15 1,009
K5 11° 89 1,005
M2 -1° 14° 58 N 16 1,002 3 0.82
M3 13° 92 N 25 999 6 3.05
M4 13°
N 17 1,006 7 3.28
M5 13° 66 ENE 19 999 5 2.5
Malin Head Sunny intervals -2° 60 NW 9 12 1,003
Roches Point Light snow 97 NNE 6 1 1,000
Ronaldsway Cloudy 86 NNW 2 27 1,002
Skye/Lusa
South Uist Range Light rain 77 NW 11 19 1,000
St. Bees Head Sunny day -2° 73 NW 6 31 1,001
Stornoway Airport - Climate Station Overcast 82 NW 9 19 996
Tiree Light rain 86 NNW 11 2 1,001
Valentia Observatory Light snow 92 NNE 7 5 1,003
Valley Sunny intervals 93 NNE 0 28 1,002

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