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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 Mist -1° -1° 98 Calm 6 1,009
Boulmer Cloudy 90 W 5 16 1,011
Donna Nook Mist 95 SSW 4 2 1,013
F3 85 SW 9 2 1,016 6 0.3
Kirkwall Airport Partly cloudy (night) 95 S 3 27 1,007
Lerwick (S. Screen) Fog 96 SSW 2 < 1 1,007
Leuchars Mist 96 WSW 4 3 1,009
Lossiemouth Overcast 89 S 1 23 1,008
Manston Mist 96 SW 3 1 1,016
Sandettie 90 SSW 9 1 1,016 6 0.2
Shoeburyness Light rain -1° -1° 98 W 1 < 1 1,016
Weybourne Mist 91 SSW 7 4 1,014
Wick John O Groats Airport Overcast 92 SSW 3 10 1,007

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° 13° 75 E 13 1,010 5 1.8
Gascogne
K1
K2
K7
M6 11° 12° 81 NNW 15 1,014 7 2.58
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 Mist 100 NNW 1 1 1,016
Channel 11° 85 ESE 14 2 1,015
Culdrose Partly cloudy (night) 96 E 4 9 1,014
E1 11° 76 ESE 13 1,015
Greenwich Light Vessel 10° 84 2 1,016 9 0.8
Guernsey Mist 95 SE 5 4 1,015
Jersey Mist 98 SE 7 1 1,015
Jersey Buoy
L4
Mount Batten Mist 94 NE 2 4 1,015
Needles Old Battery
Seven Stones 11° 73 SE 13 10 1,014 9 1.8

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 Fog 100 SSW 3 < 1 1,011
Belmullet Clear night 82 W 3 15 1,011
Campbeltown Airport Overcast 92 ESE 2 14 1,010
Crosby Overcast 90 SSE 3 7 1,012
Islay Airport Drizzle 94 SSW 4 4 1,010
K4 10° 11° 84 NW 19 1,009
K5 10° 92 1,003
M2 11° 88 WSW 7 1,012 4 0.94
M3 10° 11° 90 NNE 2 1,013 7 2.11
M4 11° 68 WSW 14 1,010 7 2.7
M5 10° 11° 76 SW 11 1,013 5 1.48
Malin Head Partly cloudy (night) 95 SW 5 16 1,010
Roches Point Light shower (night) 95 SSW 4 5 1,013
Ronaldsway Cloudy 97 WSW 3 8 1,012
Skye/Lusa
South Uist Range Drizzle 83 W 5 25 1,007
St. Bees Head Fog 100 SSE 4 < 1 1,012
Stornoway Airport - Climate Station Light rain 97 S 4 10 1,007
Tiree Overcast 95 W 3 17 1,009
Valentia Observatory Mist 96 ENE 2 1 1,013
Valley Light rain 95 S 7 4 1,012

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