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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 15° 13° 88 E 2 9 1,008
Boulmer Drizzle 14° 14° 97 NE 4 < 1 1,008
Donna Nook Light rain 14° 13° 96 NNW 18 6 1,006
F3 17° 15° 17° 90 SW 20 1,008 5 0.5
Kirkwall Airport Light rain 12° 11° 97 WSW 10 3 1,007
Lerwick (S. Screen) Overcast 11° 11° 100 SSW 11 11 1,006
Leuchars Overcast 14° 13° 90 N 3 4 1,008
Lossiemouth Overcast 14° 10° 78 NNW 7 18 1,009
Manston Overcast 18° 13° 72 WSW 12 21 1,008
Sandettie 17° 14° 17° 87 SW 20 5 1,009 5 0.4
Shoeburyness Overcast 18° 13° 71 WSW 10 18 1,008
Weybourne Light rain 15° 14° 96 SSW 12 3 1,005
Wick John O Groats Airport Overcast 13° 10° 82 WNW 7 18 1,008

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 17° 13° 17° 81 WNW 16 1,018
Gascogne
K1
K2 16° 14° 16° 86 WSW 11 1,016
K7
M6
Pap 17° 15° 17° 92 SSE 10 1,017

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° 14° 87 W 10 40 1,009
Channel
Culdrose Overcast 17° 14° 83 W 11 16 1,013
E1 17° 14° 86 W 15 1,013
Greenwich Light Vessel 16° 14° 16° 89 5 1,009 6 0.7
Guernsey Sunny intervals 18° 15° 84 W 15 21 1,013
Jersey Light rain 16° 15° 94 W 12 7 1,013
Jersey Buoy
L4
Mount Batten Overcast 17° 14° 85 W 11 10 1,012
Needles Old Battery
W 23
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 14° 12° 89 NW 6 16 1,011
Belmullet Cloudy 16° 12° 80 SW 8 16 1,013
Campbeltown Airport Overcast 14° 11° 84 NW 10 16 1,010
Crosby Overcast 17° 15° 86 NNW 4 18 1,008
Islay Airport Overcast 14° 11° 84 NW 10 26 1,011
K4 14° 13° 14° 91 WSW 8 1,012
K5 12° 10° 13° 89 1,008
M2
M3
M4
M5
Malin Head Overcast 14° 10° 81 NW 12 24 1,012
Roches Point Sunny intervals 15° 12° 79 NNW 17 21 1,013
Ronaldsway Overcast 15° 13° 86 NNW 12 1,009
Skye/Lusa
South Uist Range Drizzle 13° 11° 86 WSW 7 11 1,010
St. Bees Head Sunny day 17° 15° 91 NW 6 9 1,008
Stornoway Airport - Climate Station Overcast 12° 11° 91 W 3 35 1,009
Tiree Overcast 14° 10° 76 NW 9 21 1,011
Valentia Observatory Cloudy 16° 11° 71 NW 4 18 1,015
Valley Overcast 16° 13° 86 NNW 14 12 1,010

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