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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 97 NNW 2 9 1,004
Boulmer Overcast 84 WNW 2 18 1,004
Donna Nook Mist 95 N 1 2 1,004
F3 93 NNW 9 2 1,003 11 0.2
Kirkwall Airport Sunny intervals 97 SSE 0 33 1,004
Lerwick (S. Screen) Sunny day 94 SE 1 39 1,005
Leuchars Mist 96 W 1 10 1,004
Lossiemouth Overcast 87 W 2 23 1,004
Manston Mist 96 NW 4 4 1,003
Sandettie 93 NNW 11 2 1,003 8 0.1
Shoeburyness Mist 98 WNW 3 2 1,003
Weybourne Light rain 98 NNW 2 2 1,003
Wick John O Groats Airport Overcast 99 W 1 13 1,004

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 11° 13° 68 N 17 1,007 5 2
Gascogne
K1
K2
K7
M6 11° 70 W 15 1,008 7 2.46
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 Mist 94 N 3 3 1,004
Channel 11° 90 NE 13 2 1,004
Culdrose Sunny day 82 NNW 4 16 1,005
E1 11° 85 N 9 1,005
Greenwich Light Vessel 10° 93 2 1,003 9 0.2
Guernsey Cloudy 95 ESE 0 5 1,004
Jersey Light rain 98 NE 1 4 1,003
Jersey Buoy
L4
Mount Batten Sunny day 94 WNW 1 5 1,005
Needles Old Battery
Seven Stones 11° 69 N 14 10 1,005 8 0.9

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 85 WSW 2 35 1,005
Belmullet Sunny intervals 89 NW 3 18 1,004
Campbeltown Airport Overcast 94 ESE 2 14 1,004
Crosby Light rain 99 SSE 1 1 1,004
Islay Airport Overcast 88 SE 1 24 1,005
K4 11° 77 N 8 1,005
K5 10° 84 1,005
M2 11° 82 WNW 11 1,005 3 0.47
M3 10° 12° 80 W 10 1,007 6 2.19
M4 11° 84 N 9 1,003 6 2.58
M5 11° 74 NW 8 1,005 5 0.63
Malin Head 93 SSW 3 15 1,004
Roches Point Sunny intervals 86 W 4 24 1,006
Ronaldsway Overcast 84 Calm 3 1,004
Skye/Lusa
South Uist Range Sunny day 92 E 0 40 1,003
St. Bees Head Overcast 98 SSE 2 6 1,004
Stornoway Airport - Climate Station Sunny intervals 98 ESE 1 23 1,004
Tiree Cloudy 97 SW 2 27 1,004
Valentia Observatory Light shower (day) 95 SSE 2 4 1,006
Valley Overcast 93 SSE 3 12 1,004

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