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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 84 NW 12 8 998
Boulmer Cloudy 60 WNW 11 22 999
Donna Nook Light rain 71 W 9 17 1,000
F3 11° 67 WNW 34 10 1,004 6 2
Kirkwall Airport Overcast 67 NNW 14 12 1,000
Lerwick (S. Screen) Light rain -1° 68 N 12 12 996
Leuchars Cloudy 67 WNW 9 40 1,003
Lossiemouth Light rain 86 NW 12 4 1,003
Manston Overcast 76 W 11 21 1,006
Sandettie 10° 62 WNW 29 10 1,005 6 2
Shoeburyness Overcast 78 W 7 20 1,006
Weybourne Overcast 81 W 11 25 1,001
Wick John O Groats Airport Light rain 76 NNW 14 8 1,001

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° 14° 74 NW 28 1,030 10 7.2
Gascogne
K1
K2
K7
M6 10° 12° 70 NW 20 1,031 11 8.55
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 75 WNW 9 13 1,012
Channel 10° 12° 63 WNW 35 2 1,016
Culdrose Sunny intervals 66 NW 11 12 1,021
E1 10° 12° 66 NW 32 1,018
Greenwich Light Vessel 11° 65 5 1,009 7 2.9
Guernsey Sunny intervals 62 NW 13 13 1,016
Jersey Sunny intervals 62 NW 15 10 1,016
Jersey Buoy
L4
Mount Batten Sunny intervals 66 NW 11 9 1,017
Needles Old Battery
Seven Stones 10° 12° 66 NW 34 2 1,022 10 4.9

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 63 NW 10 9 1,014
Belmullet Cloudy 73 NW 11 7 1,023
Campbeltown Airport Overcast 60 NW 16 6 1,010
Crosby Light rain 68 NW 19 2 1,010
Islay Airport Cloudy 62 NW 17 8 1,013
K4 34° 29° 11° 77 NW 29 1,024
K5 10° 73 1,015
M2 12° 66 NW 34 1,014 5 2.93
M3 10° 12° 68 NW 30 1,027 10 8.28
M4 11° 63 NW 24 1,021 10 9.02
M5 11° 57 NW 21 1,021 6 3.13
Malin Head Mist 60 NW 16 4 1,016
Roches Point Sunny intervals 75 WNW 9 14 1,023
Ronaldsway Overcast 57 WNW 17 6 1,009
Skye/Lusa
South Uist Range Overcast -2° 54 NW 16 10 1,012
St. Bees Head Mist 69 NW 19 4 1,007
Stornoway Airport - Climate Station Overcast 74 NW 17 7 1,007
Tiree Overcast -2° 52 NNW 19 11 1,012
Valentia Observatory Sunny intervals 67 NNW 9 6 1,026
Valley Overcast 56 NW 13 7 1,014

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