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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 -3° 75 W 6 14 995
Boulmer Clear night -3° -7° 71 WSW 5 1,000
Donna Nook Clear night -3° -6° 79 WSW 5 30 1,002
F3 13° 73 W 18 1,004 6 1
Kirkwall Airport Clear night 79 WNW 5 24 992
Lerwick (S. Screen) Overcast -2° 89 S 1 40 990
Leuchars Light rain -1° -5° 73 WSW 11 38 998
Lossiemouth Light rain 95 W 8 22 995
Manston Overcast -2° 86 SW 3 26 1,004
Sandettie -2° 12° 60 W 12 26 1,004 7 1
Shoeburyness -1° 85 W 1 18 1,004
Weybourne Clear night -2° -3° 90 SW 7 15 1,002
Wick John O Groats Airport Cloudy 94 WNW 4 15 993

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 14° 10° 15° 78 WNW 36 996 7 5.4
Gascogne
K1
K2
K7
M6 13° 61 NNE 13 1,010 7 5.04
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 Overcast 86 E 4 30 1,002
Channel 15° 91 SE 28 999
Culdrose Light rain 96 E 12 1 994
E1 14° 94 E 27 996
Greenwich Light Vessel -2° 13° 52 10 1,003 7 0.5
Guernsey Heavy rain 94 SE 12 2 1,000
Jersey Overcast 95 SE 14 1 1,001
Jersey Buoy
L4
Mount Batten Heavy rain 93 E 6 1 998
Needles Old Battery
Seven Stones 13° 93 E 40 < 1 991 6 2.7

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 -2° -2° 98 NNW 2 8 1,004
Belmullet Cloudy -1° 92 NNE 3 24 1,006
Campbeltown Airport Partly cloudy (night) -3° 62 NW 5 40 1,003
Crosby Clear night -2° 91 ESE 3 15 1,003
Islay Airport Cloudy -3° 77 NW 5 19 1,004
K4 12° 76 NE 17 1,008
K5 11° 81 1,007
M2 14° 74 ENE 12 1,003 3 0.82
M3 13° 71 NNW 16 997 5 2.42
M4 13° 64 NE 12 1,006 7 2.81
M5 13° 85 E 20 998 4 1.56
Malin Head Partly cloudy (night) -4° 57 NW 4 21 1,004
Roches Point Heavy rain 89 E 7 7 998
Ronaldsway Overcast -1° 89 N 3 26 1,003
Skye/Lusa
South Uist Range Light rain 81 NNW 11 21 1,002
St. Bees Head Clear night -4° 66 NW 6 33 1,003
Stornoway Airport - Climate Station Cloudy 78 NNW 8 18 998
Tiree Light rain -1° 76 NNW 12 32 1,003
Valentia Observatory Heavy rain 89 ENE 5 3 998
Valley Overcast 93 NNW 0 32 1,002

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