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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 Heavy snow 97 NNW 4 1 988
Boulmer Light rain 92 NE 7 5 982
Donna Nook Light rain 99 NW 2 4 977
F3 12° 10° 10° 85 SSW 34 5 985 6 1.3
Kirkwall Airport Clear night 96 WSW 0 20 989
Lerwick (S. Screen) Overcast -1° 74 ENE 11 28 991
Leuchars Light rain 94 NNE 6 9 986
Lossiemouth Partly cloudy (night) -3° -5° 92 WSW 4 8 989
Manston Light rain 11° 10° 91 SSW 11 4 984
Sandettie 12° 10° 83 SSW 36 5 985 6 1.4
Shoeburyness Light rain 11° 11° 95 SSW 10 1 982
Weybourne Light rain 12° 11° 93 S 8 29 979
Wick John O Groats Airport Clear night -5° -6° 97 W 3 2 989

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 10° 14° 89 NW 32 984 7 4.6
Gascogne
K1
K2
K7
M6 12° 69 N 26 999 6 3.63
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 12° 11° 97 S 7 1 981
Channel 13° 11° 12° 88 SSW 26 5 981
Culdrose Heavy rain 12° 12° 100 S 9 1 975
E1 13° 12° 12° 95 S 24 978
Greenwich Light Vessel 12° 10° 11° 88 2 985 7 1.8
Guernsey Cloudy 12° 11° 95 S 8 10 983
Jersey Overcast 13° 10° 87 SSW 10 9 984
Jersey Buoy
L4
Mount Batten Light rain 12° 11° 99 SSW 11 1 978
Needles Old Battery
Seven Stones 12° 12° 12° 97 SSW 26 1 974 8 2.6

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 Light rain 92 N 4 19 986
Belmullet Heavy shower (night) 89 N 4 5 989
Campbeltown Airport Overcast -1° 81 N 3 40 986
Crosby Drizzle 98 NNE 6 2 978
Islay Airport Overcast -3° 76 NNE 4 37 987
K4 11° 83 N 33 993
K5 10°
997
M2 11° 87 NNE 28 981 5 2.46
M3 11° 70 N 28 988 6 3.36
M4 11° 80 NNE 16 989 6 2.58
M5 11° 88 NNW 22 980 6 2.89
Malin Head Clear night 67 NNE 6 16 987
Roches Point Drizzle 93 NNW 11 18 984
Ronaldsway Light rain 90 N 7 8 981
Skye/Lusa
South Uist Range Overcast 86 NNE 10 37 990
St. Bees Head Light snow 100 NNE 8 1 981
Stornoway Airport - Climate Station Light rain 95 N 14 1 989
Tiree Cloudy 93 ENE 4 35 988
Valentia Observatory 67 N 8 26 988
Valley Light rain 94 NNE 9 4 979

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