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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 10° 84 S 7 26 1,002
Boulmer Overcast 11° 10° 95 S 8 16 1,005
Donna Nook Light rain 11° 10° 95 SSE 5 8 1,009
F3 13° 10° 16° 87 NW 13 1,012 6 0.5
Kirkwall Airport Light rain 10° 89 S 12 24 1,000
Lerwick (S. Screen) 10° 94 SW 10 15 1,001
Leuchars Overcast 11° 87 WSW 10 32 1,004
Lossiemouth Light rain 11° 83 S 5 14 1,001
Manston Light rain 12° 11° 94 N 6 14 1,012
Sandettie 13° 11° 16° 87 N 13 10 1,012 6 0.5
Shoeburyness Overcast 12° 11° 94 NE 4 15 1,012
Weybourne Light rain 11° 10° 95 SW 9 6 1,011
Wick John O Groats Airport Light rain 10° 90 S 9 16 1,000

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 16° 15° 17° 93 W 19 1,017
Gascogne
K1
K2 14° 14° 14° 96 NW 18 1,013
K7
M6
Pap 15° 15° 15° 98 NNW 15 1,018

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 16° 12° 80 WSW 5 18 1,011
Channel
Culdrose Overcast 15° 13° 90 WSW 10 9 1,012
E1 16° 13° 82 W 17 1,012
Greenwich Light Vessel 16° 13° 15° 84 10 1,012 9 0.3
Guernsey Cloudy 15° 10° 73 WSW 12 18 1,014
Jersey Overcast 15° 11° 76 W 10 12 1,014
Jersey Buoy
L4
Mount Batten Overcast 15° 12° 81 W 12 7 1,012
Needles Old Battery
SSW 21
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° 11° 95 S 7 13 1,004
Belmullet Overcast 13° 12° 97 WNW 14 8 1,005
Campbeltown Airport Overcast 12° 10° 91 S 8 18 1,003
Crosby Overcast 12° 11° 89 S 11 12 1,007
Islay Airport Overcast 11° 10° 93 S 9 8 1,003
K4 12° 11° 13° 92 NW 24 1,005
K5 12° 11° 12° 97 994
M2 13° 13° 84 SW 17 1,006 4 0.9
M3 14° 13° 97 WNW 16 1,010 6 2.4
M4 13° 13° 92 WNW 19 1,003 6 2.7
M5 15° 15° 89 W 21 1,009 5 1.8
Malin Head Overcast 12° 11° 92 SSW 14 12 1,002
Roches Point Cloudy 15° 13° 89 W 10 26 1,008
Ronaldsway Overcast 13° 11° 89 S 11 1,006
Skye/Lusa
South Uist Range Drizzle 13° 12° 96 SW 18 1 998
St. Bees Head Overcast 11° 10° 94 S 8 9 1,006
Stornoway Airport - Climate Station Overcast 11° 11° 97 S 20 8 996
Tiree Light rain 12° 12° 97 SSW 15 < 1 1,000
Valentia Observatory Mist 14° 13° 96 WNW 14 4 1,009
Valley Overcast 14° 11° 83 SW 14 9 1,007

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