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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 -1° 82 W 5 15 995
Boulmer Sunny day -7° 62 W 7 998
Donna Nook Sunny day -3° -6° 81 SW 3 28 1,001
F3 -2° 13° 61 WSW 14 1,003 6 0.8
Kirkwall Airport Light rain 83 WNW 6 26 991
Lerwick (S. Screen) Heavy rain 91 N 6 16 990
Leuchars Cloudy -4° 71 W 7 38 996
Lossiemouth Light rain 93 WSW 8 3 995
Manston Overcast -3° 82 W 1 28 1,003
Sandettie -3° 12° 57 W 6 26 1,003 6 0.8
Shoeburyness Overcast -1° -2° 93 W 1 15 1,002
Weybourne Sunny day -1° -4° 82 WSW 5 20 1,001
Wick John O Groats Airport Overcast 88 W 4 14 992

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° 10° 15° 82 WNW 34 997 7 6
Gascogne
K1
K2
K7
M6 13° 60 NNE 22 1,011 7 4.57
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 89 ESE 4 4 1,000
Channel 15° 92 E 31 995
Culdrose Light rain 95 E 15 1 992
E1 14° 96 E 33 993
Greenwich Light Vessel 13° 60 10 1,000 6 0.4
Guernsey Heavy rain 95 ESE 13 2 995
Jersey Overcast 96 ESE 14 1 995
Jersey Buoy
L4
Mount Batten Light rain 93 E 6 2 996
Needles Old Battery
Seven Stones 13° 95 E 31 1 991 8 3.5

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 Fog -3° -3° 98 NNW 1 1 1,004
Belmullet Cloudy 94 SSE 1 21 1,006
Campbeltown Airport Overcast -2° 69 WNW 9 27 1,001
Crosby Sunny day -2° -3° 91 E 1 8 1,002
Islay Airport Cloudy -1° 82 NNW 5 27 1,002
K4 12° 82 NNE 15 1,009
K5 11° 77 1,005
M2 -1° 14° 58 N 16 1,002 3 0.82
M3 13° 80 NNW 22 998 6 3.13
M4 -2° 13° 58 N 10 1,006 7 2.93
M5 13° 75 E 19 998 5 2.58
Malin Head Cloudy -3° 56 NNW 11 24 1,003
Roches Point Light snow 96 NNE 6 4 999
Ronaldsway Cloudy -2° 84 NNW 3 29 1,002
Skye/Lusa
South Uist Range Cloudy 75 NW 13 25 1,000
St. Bees Head Sunny intervals -2° 73 NNW 6 27 1,002
Stornoway Airport - Climate Station Light rain 78 NW 8 17 997
Tiree Light rain 82 NW 10 23 1,001
Valentia Observatory Light snow
ENE 9 < 1 1,000
Valley Overcast 88 ENE 1 34 1,002

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