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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 Sunny intervals 79 SSW 6 11 1,000
Boulmer Sunny day 87 SSW 4 9 1,004
Donna Nook Cloudy 93 SSW 4 10 1,008
F3 97 SW 12 2 1,010 8 0.3
Kirkwall Airport Sunny day 90 SSE 6 15 996
Lerwick (S. Screen) Mist 85 SSW 11 6 996
Leuchars Overcast 83 SW 5 12 1,002
Lossiemouth Sunny day 71 SW 5 20 998
Manston Light rain 10° 97 S 3 2 1,010
Sandettie 94 SSW 13 1 1,011 8 0.3
Shoeburyness Light rain 10° 99 SSW 2 5 1,010
Weybourne Overcast 10° 96 SSW 5 6 1,008
Wick John O Groats Airport Sunny day 81 SSW 8 13 997

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° 13° 79 W 13 1,015 9 4.7
Gascogne
K1
K2
K7
M6 10° 12° 77 WSW 22 1,002 9 6.56
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 97 WSW 1 2 1,011
Channel 11° 10° 10° 95 SW 10 2 1,012
Culdrose Mist 10° 10° 97 WSW 5 4 1,012
E1 11° 10° 11° 93 SW 11 1,012
Greenwich Light Vessel 10° 10° 97 < 1 1,011 9 1.1
Guernsey Mist 10° 10° 97 W 5 4 1,013
Jersey Fog 99 W 4 < 1 1,013
Jersey Buoy
L4
Mount Batten Mist 98 WSW 2 < 1 1,012
Needles Old Battery
Seven Stones 11° 11° 84 WSW 15 2 1,011 10 3.3

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 Cloudy 89 S 5 13 1,003
Belmullet Mist 85 WSW 6 4 1,002
Campbeltown Airport Cloudy 87 S 4 16 1,002
Crosby Sunny day 89 S 5 7 1,008
Islay Airport Sunny day 85 S 5 11 1,001
K4 10° 10° 72 W 26 996
K5 10° 77 985
M2
M3 11° 11° 79 WSW 18 1,008 9 5.63
M4 10° 10° 74 WSW 26 999 8 5.16
M5 10° 10° 85 SW 11 1,009 8 3.28
Malin Head Sunny intervals 85 S 7 7 1,000
Roches Point Mist 92 SW 4 4 1,008
Ronaldsway Mist 93 SSW 7 3 1,005
Skye/Lusa
South Uist Range Sunny intervals 89 S 10 7 995
St. Bees Head Overcast 100 SSW 5 1 1,006
Stornoway Airport - Climate Station Cloudy 88 SSW 9 6 994
Tiree Heavy rain 87 SW 10 10 998
Valentia Observatory Cloudy 79 WSW 5 7 1,008
Valley Mist 95 SSW 6 3 1,007

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