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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 -1° 64 WSW 6 16 1,029
Boulmer Sunny day 76 WSW 8 15 1,033
Donna Nook Sunny day 80 WSW 5 15 1,036
F3 79 W 8 5 1,038 7 0.3
Kirkwall Airport Overcast 78 WSW 9 15 1,025
Lerwick (S. Screen) Light rain 71 WSW 9 23 1,022
Leuchars Sunny day 87 W 4 26 1,032
Lossiemouth Sunny day 73 WSW 6 19 1,029
Manston Sunny day 80 W 3 13 1,038
Sandettie 77 W 7 5 1,038 7 0.2
Shoeburyness Sunny day 79 W 3 11 1,038
Weybourne Sunny day 77 W 7 17 1,036
Wick John O Groats Airport Sunny day 78 WSW 8 14 1,027

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 12° 13° 63 N 4 1,040 9 4.2
Gascogne
K1
K2
K7
M6 11° 12° 68 SW 21 1,033 9 5.16
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 Sunny intervals 100 N 1 8 1,039
Channel 11° 11° 74 WNW 6 5 1,039
Culdrose Cloudy 85 N 2 15 1,039
E1 11° 11° 70 W 8 1,039
Greenwich Light Vessel 10° 10° 72 10 1,039 9 0.7
Guernsey Sunny day 11° 72 W 2 18 1,039
Jersey Sunny day 10° 76 S 2 11 1,039
Jersey Buoy
L4
Mount Batten Sunny day 93 E 1 8 1,039
Needles Old Battery
Seven Stones 10° 11° 73 W 8 10 1,039 11 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 Sunny intervals 89 SSW 5 23 1,035
Belmullet Sunny intervals 78 SW 5 7 1,035
Campbeltown Airport Sunny day 81 WSW 9 14 1,033
Crosby Cloudy 84 WSW 6 6 1,037
Islay Airport Overcast 86 WSW 8 12 1,033
K4 10° 11° 76 WSW 23 1,030
K5 10° 74 1,021
M2 10° 82 NW 19 1,037 4 1.29
M3 10° 12° 70 SW 9 1,038 9 5.08
M4 11° 67 WSW 14 1,033 8 5.16
M5 10° 65 WNW 11 1,038 7 2.66
Malin Head Light shower (day) 84 SW 9 10 1,033
Roches Point 84 N 2 16 1,039
Ronaldsway Sunny day 78 W 6 14 1,035
Skye/Lusa
South Uist Range Sunny day 73 WSW 10 11 1,028
St. Bees Head Sunny day 88 W 7 12 1,035
Stornoway Airport - Climate Station Sunny day 85 SSW 6 20 1,026
Tiree Light rain 81 WSW 9 11 1,030
Valentia Observatory 71 ENE 1 14 1,038
Valley Sunny day 76 W 5 17 1,037

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