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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 90 S 5 6 1,029
Boulmer Overcast 93 SSW 6 6 1,034
Donna Nook Mist -1° 94 S 3 2 1,039
F3 63 WNW 3 26 1,042 6 0.5
Kirkwall Airport Overcast 82 S 9 22 1,024
Lerwick (S. Screen) Overcast 89 S 13 8 1,023
Leuchars Overcast 90 SW 3 7 1,032
Lossiemouth Cloudy 73 SSW 4 22 1,026
Manston Overcast -1° 78 S 2 15 1,042
Sandettie 73 NW 3 26 1,042 6 0.4
Shoeburyness Mist 96 S 2 6 1,042
Weybourne Overcast 80 S 6 13 1,040
Wick John O Groats Airport Cloudy 73 S 8 13 1,024

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 13° 10° 13° 84 S 20 1,036 6 2.1
Gascogne
K1
K2
K7
M6 13° 12° 12° 94 S 24 1,016 8 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 80 SSW 2 21 1,041
Channel 12° 70 SE 16 10 1,040
Culdrose Partly cloudy (night) 88 S 3 16 1,039
E1 12° 59 S 14 1,040
Greenwich Light Vessel 10° 63 10 1,042 9 0.6
Guernsey Clear night
SSE 5 29 1,041
Jersey Clear night 90 SE 4 9 1,042
Jersey Buoy
L4
Mount Batten Clear night 67 N 4 17 1,040
Needles Old Battery
Seven Stones 11° 11° 82 S 23 5 1,037 9 1.5

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 Cloudy 84 S 7 16 1,030
Belmullet Light shower (night) 11° 10° 96 S 13 1 1,025
Campbeltown Airport Overcast 90 SE 7 11 1,030
Crosby Overcast 87 SSE 6 5 1,037
Islay Airport Overcast 83 SSE 9 16 1,029
K4 12° 12° 11° 96 SSW 30 1,017
K5 11° 11° 10° 98 1,007
M2 11° 11° 91 SSW 25 1,033 4 2.11
M3 12° 12° 11° 100 S 19 1,030 5 2.5
M4 12° 11° 11° 93 SSW 27 1,023 6 3.52
M5 11° 11° 87 S 17 1,034 5 2.11
Malin Head Overcast 10° 83 S 11 14 1,026
Roches Point Light shower (night) 10° 10° 97 SSE 9 1 1,032
Ronaldsway Overcast 91 S 8 7 1,034
Skye/Lusa
South Uist Range Overcast 94 S 15 8 1,021
St. Bees Head Overcast 90 S 9 11 1,035
Stornoway Airport - Climate Station Drizzle 95 S 13 2 1,021
Tiree Overcast 90 S 14 5 1,025
Valentia Observatory Overcast 12° 12° 98 S 7 2 1,029
Valley Overcast 89 S 9 8 1,036

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