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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 Light rain 91 NW 5 4 1,013
Boulmer Overcast 78 NNW 7 17 1,012
Donna Nook Overcast 78 N 10 9 1,009
F3
Kirkwall Airport Overcast 85 WNW 5 24 1,012
Lerwick (S. Screen) Drizzle 90 WNW 6 27 1,009
Leuchars Clear night -3° 74 NNW 2 30 1,014
Lossiemouth Partly cloudy (night) 86 WNW 7 14 1,014
Manston Overcast 80 NNE 9 8 1,006
Sandettie
Shoeburyness Overcast 79 N 7 10 1,007
Weybourne Overcast 79 N 7 5 1,008
Wick John O Groats Airport Overcast 91 NW 6 13 1,013

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° 11° 13° 91 ENE 10 1,003 7 1.9
Gascogne
K1
K2
K7
M6
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 Light rain 80 NNE 5 4 1,007
Channel
Culdrose Light rain 89 ENE 5 1 1,006
E1
Greenwich Light Vessel
Guernsey Light rain 94 ENE 6 1 1,004
Jersey Mist 94 ENE 6 1 1,004
Jersey Buoy
L4
Mount Batten Overcast 79 ENE 4 3 1,006
Needles Old Battery
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 Clear night -1° 79 NE 4 20 1,015
Belmullet 82 ENE 4 9 1,015
Campbeltown Airport Clear night -2° 71 N 1 40 1,016
Crosby Clear night -1° 87 NNE 4 8 1,012
Islay Airport Clear night -4° 79 NE 2 27 1,017
K4
K5
M2
M3
M4
M5
Malin Head Clear night 68 NE 7 14 1,016
Roches Point
Ronaldsway Clear night 76 NNE 5 17 1,013
Skye/Lusa
South Uist Range Clear night -1° 83 N 4 40 1,018
St. Bees Head Clear night -1° 90 NE 4 14 1,014
Stornoway Airport - Climate Station Light rain 90 W 5 22 1,017
Tiree Cloudy -3° 74 ENE 3 24 1,017
Valentia Observatory 79 E 2 6 1,010
Valley Clear night 73 NE 5 18 1,012

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