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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 Cloudy -1° 81 NNE 3 15 1,022
Boulmer Light rain 92 NNW 4 6 1,020
Donna Nook Partly cloudy (night) 91 WNW 6 18 1,018
F3
Kirkwall Airport Overcast 91 WSW 3 14 1,021
Lerwick (S. Screen) Overcast 83 NNW 3 9 1,020
Leuchars Clear night -2° 88 W 3 31 1,022
Lossiemouth Overcast -1° 83 WSW 5 23 1,023
Manston Overcast 84 NW 6 16 1,020
Sandettie 12° 77 NW 21 10 1,019 6 1.5
Shoeburyness Clear night 90 W 4 10 1,020
Weybourne Clear night 79 NNW 9 7 1,017
Wick John O Groats Airport Overcast -1° 88 W 4 18 1,022

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 15° 14° 15° 96 SE 13 1,018 7 3
Gascogne
K1
K2
K7
M6 12° 13° 79 ESE 28 1,011 6 3.87
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 Light rain 97 NE 1 2 1,022
Channel 14° 79 NE 11 1,021
Culdrose Clear night 96 ENE 3 10 1,021
E1
Greenwich Light Vessel 13° 73 10 1,021 6 0.9
Guernsey
Jersey Overcast 83 ENE 3 25 1,021
Jersey Buoy
L4
Mount Batten Mist 93 E 2 3 1,022
Needles Old Battery
Seven Stones 10° 13° 65 E 15 10 1,021 8 1.5

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 Fog 100 ESE 1 < 1 1,023
Belmullet 94 E 3 18 1,021
Campbeltown Airport Clear night -1° -2° 95 SE 2 20 1,022
Crosby Clear night 94 NE 2 10 1,022
Islay Airport Clear night -1° -2° 89 ENE 2 29 1,023
K4 10° 12° 71 ESE 19 1,019
K5 11° 69 1,021
M2 13° 60 NNE 6 1,022 4 0.47
M3 11° 13° 81 ESE 22 1,018 5 2.27
M4 12° 69 ESE 10 1,021 6 1.64
M5 10° 13° 64 E 9 1,021 6 1.72
Malin Head Overcast 92 S 4 11 1,022
Roches Point Clear night 83 ENE 5 24 1,021
Ronaldsway Overcast 82 NNE 3 27 1,022
Skye/Lusa
South Uist Range Clear night 90 NNE 1 40 1,023
St. Bees Head Overcast 86 NE 5 29 1,022
Stornoway Airport - Climate Station Clear night -1° 89 WSW 2 14 1,023
Tiree Clear night -2° 81 ENE 4 34 1,022
Valentia Observatory Cloudy 61 E 6 26 1,019
Valley Partly cloudy (night) 90 E 1 17 1,022

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