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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 18° 11° 64 WSW 5 32 1,016
Boulmer Overcast 20° 12° 60 W 5 16 1,018
Donna Nook Sunny day 17° 12° 71 ENE 8 21 1,020
F3 17° 13° 17° 77 W 5 1,022 5 0.3
Kirkwall Airport Overcast 14° 10° 79 WSW 11 26 1,015
Lerwick (S. Screen) Overcast 14° 12° 83 SW 14 40 1,014
Leuchars Sunny intervals 20° 12° 60 W 12 24 1,017
Lossiemouth Sunny intervals 18° 10° 59 WNW 12 21 1,016
Manston Cloudy 19° 15° 74 ESE 10 16 1,021
Sandettie 17° 13° 17° 76 WSW 3 10 1,022 5 0.3
Shoeburyness Sunny day 21° 12° 58 SW 10 18 1,021
Weybourne Sunny day 18° 14° 74 NW 8 24 1,020
Wick John O Groats Airport Overcast 14° 11° 84 WNW 12 16 1,016

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 17° 14° 17° 81 S 11 1,020
Gascogne
K1
K2 16° 15° 16° 93 S 19 1,014
K7
M6
Pap 17° 17° 17° 97 S 14 1,010

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 Sunny day 20° 14° 70 S 8 21 1,022
Channel
Culdrose Sunny day 17° 13° 75 SSW 8
E1 17° 13° 80 SW 5 1,022
Greenwich Light Vessel 18° 15° 16° 81 5 1,022 7 0.4
Guernsey Cloudy 19° 12° 64 SSW 4 24 1,022
Jersey Overcast 18° 14° 75 WSW 4 18 1,022
Jersey Buoy
L4
Mount Batten Sunny day 20° 15° 70 SSW 6 10 1,021
Needles Old Battery
SSW 10
Seven Stones 16° 14° 16° 87 S 10 26 1,021 6 0.6

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 Cloudy 17° 13° 74 SSW 8 18 1,018
Belmullet Cloudy 16° 14° 84 S 16 12 1,015
Campbeltown Airport Cloudy 19° 14° 71 SSE 10 26 1,017
Crosby Sunny day 19° 14° 74 NW 4 18 1,020
Islay Airport Overcast 17° 14° 85 SE 11 21 1,017
K4 15° 14° 14° 96 S 23 1,009
K5 13° 10° 13° 84 1,010
M2
M3
M4
M5
Malin Head Cloudy 19° 13° 67 S 14 18 1,016
Roches Point Cloudy 17° 14° 84 S 8 16 1,019
Ronaldsway Sunny day 16° 14° 86 S 9 1,020
Skye/Lusa
South Uist Range Overcast 14° 12° 88 S 13 29 1,015
St. Bees Head Sunny intervals 17° 14° 81 S 11 10 1,019
Stornoway Airport - Climate Station Overcast 15° 10° 71 SSW 14 21 1,015
Tiree Overcast 15° 13° 86 S 12 15 1,016
Valentia Observatory Cloudy 17° 15° 84 S 14 16 1,017
Valley Sunny day 19° 15° 78 SSE 14 18 1,020

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