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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 -1° 66 WSW 5 20 1,020
Boulmer Clear night 82 WSW 6 13 1,025
Donna Nook Clear night 88 SW 4 14 1,029
F3 77 W 17 10 1,032 5 0.6
Kirkwall Airport Light rain 91 SW 12 20 1,016
Lerwick (S. Screen) Clear night 80 WSW 13 14 1,012
Leuchars Clear night 88 WSW 4 40 1,023
Lossiemouth Clear night 84 WSW 8 27 1,020
Manston Clear night 92 SW 4 13 1,033
Sandettie 80 W 16 5 1,033 6 0.6
Shoeburyness Clear night 89 WSW 2 10 1,033
Weybourne Clear night 88 SW 6 14 1,030
Wick John O Groats Airport Light rain 88 SW 7 17 1,018

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° 61 NW 6 1,037 9 4.6
Gascogne
K1
K2
K7
M6 12° 65 WSW 20 1,029 9 5.63
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 Clear night 91 WSW 2 9 1,034
Channel 11° 11° 70 W 12 5 1,035
Culdrose Partly cloudy (night) 81 W 4 10 1,035
E1 10° 11° 71 W 9 1,035
Greenwich Light Vessel 10° 10° 70 5 1,034 8 1.5
Guernsey Clear night 84 WNW 3 16 1,035
Jersey Clear night 87 NW 3 6 1,035
Jersey Buoy
L4
Mount Batten Clear night 92 NE 2 6 1,034
Needles Old Battery
Seven Stones 10° 11° 74 W 13 1 1,035 10 3.4

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 94 SSW 6 18 1,027
Belmullet Light rain 78 WSW 7 4 1,028
Campbeltown Airport Light rain 86 WSW 11 14 1,025
Crosby Mist 82 WSW 8 5 1,030
Islay Airport Cloudy 74 W 10 11 1,025
K4 11° 64 W 26 1,024
K5 10° 69 1,014
M2 10° 83 WNW 25 1,029 5 1.88
M3 10° 12° 61 W 19 1,033 8 4.45
M4 11° 74 W 15 1,026 8 5.16
M5 10° 68 W 11 1,032 8 3.28
Malin Head Clear night 77 W 8 13 1,025
Roches Point Clear night 81 W 4 15 1,032
Ronaldsway Partly cloudy (night) 81 W 6 12 1,028
Skye/Lusa
South Uist Range Clear night 75 WSW 11 16 1,021
St. Bees Head Partly cloudy (night) 94 W 8 8 1,027
Stornoway Airport - Climate Station Clear night 82 W 7 22 1,018
Tiree Clear night 77 W 7 13 1,023
Valentia Observatory Cloudy 65 WNW 5 11 1,032
Valley Clear night 79 WSW 6 14 1,030

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