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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 Clear night 93 E 2 19 1,025
Boulmer Clear night 90 SW 6 22 1,030
Donna Nook Mist 97 SW 3 3 1,032
F3 98 W 8 1 1,033 10 0.2
Kirkwall Airport Overcast 11° 83 SSW 10 28 1,020
Lerwick (S. Screen) Partly cloudy (night) 10° 88 WSW 13 10 1,018
Leuchars Overcast 10° 91 W 8 13 1,028
Lossiemouth Overcast 13° 76 SW 6 26 1,023
Manston Mist 98 WNW 1 1 1,034
Sandettie 95 W 8 1 1,034 7 0.2
Shoeburyness Drizzle 97 W 1 < 1 1,034
Weybourne Mist 96 SW 1 2 1,033
Wick John O Groats Airport Overcast 11° 86 SSW 7 14 1,021

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° 13° 72 SSE 12 1,033 7 2.6
Gascogne
K1
K2
K7
M6 13° 12° 12° 93 S 28 1,019 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 Mist 99 WNW 2 3 1,035
Channel 11° 11° 89 W 4 5 1,035
Culdrose Fog 100 SSW 1 1 1,035
E1 11° 11° 86 W 2 1,035
Greenwich Light Vessel 10° 10° 95 1 1,034 9 0.4
Guernsey Cloudy 98 SW 1 16 1,036
Jersey Mist 97 SSE 2 2 1,036
Jersey Buoy
L4
Mount Batten Fog 97 NNW 1 < 1 1,035
Needles Old Battery
Seven Stones 10° 11° 86 S 10 10 1,034 10 1.9

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 11° 10° 93 S 3 20 1,030
Belmullet Partly cloudy (night) 10° 90 SSW 12 5 1,027
Campbeltown Airport Overcast 11° 10° 94 SSE 6 13 1,029
Crosby Mist 98 ESE 1 2 1,033
Islay Airport Overcast 11° 10° 91 SSE 5 22 1,029
K4 12° 12° 11° 97 SSW 28 1,020
K5 11° 11° 10° 97 1,011
M2 10° 11° 93 S 17 1,032 4 0.94
M3 11° 10° 12° 92 S 17 1,030 7 2.97
M4 11° 10° 11° 95 SSW 21 1,025 7 4.34
M5 10° 11° 85 SW 9 1,033 6 1.72
Malin Head Cloudy 12° 10° 88 S 8 15 1,027
Roches Point Cloudy 92 SSW 2 9 1,033
Ronaldsway Overcast 10° 97 S 7 7 1,032
Skye/Lusa
South Uist Range Drizzle 10° 10° 98 SSW 13 1 1,022
St. Bees Head Fog 100 S 4 < 1 1,032
Stornoway Airport - Climate Station Overcast 11° 10° 93 SSW 13 14 1,021
Tiree Overcast 11° 10° 92 SW 10 8 1,026
Valentia Observatory 10° 90 SSE 5 9 1,030
Valley Cloudy 97 S 6 8 1,033

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