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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 13° 70 W 4 29 1,011
Boulmer Overcast 12° 82 WSW 8 16 1,014
Donna Nook Sunny intervals 12° 83 W 7 18 1,015
F3 15° 12° 16° 80 NW 8 1,016 5 0.3
Kirkwall Airport Overcast 12° 10° 87 SSW 7 18 1,010
Lerwick (S. Screen) Drizzle 10° 90 W 14 5 1,009
Leuchars Overcast 12° 80 WSW 10 21 1,013
Lossiemouth Overcast 12° 78 WSW 10 24 1,011
Manston Overcast 14° 11° 84 WNW 5 15 1,017
Sandettie 15° 12° 16° 81 NW 13 10 1,017 5 0.3
Shoeburyness Overcast 14° 10° 77 WNW 8 16 1,017
Weybourne Sunny day 13° 11° 85 W 10 14 1,016
Wick John O Groats Airport Overcast 11° 81 SW 4 18 1,010

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 16° 12° 17° 79 NW 12 1,024
Gascogne
K1
K2 14° 14° 14° 95 NW 13 1,022
K7
M6
Pap 15° 15° 15° 98 W 10 1,025

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 Overcast 14° 11° 79 NW 5 21 1,019
Channel
Culdrose Light rain 14° 12° 92 WNW 9 9 1,021
E1 15° 12° 83 WNW 15 1,021
Greenwich Light Vessel 15° 10° 15° 71 10 1,018 8 0.3
Guernsey Light snow shower (day) 14° 10° 79 NNW 7 21 1,020
Jersey Overcast 14° 11° 80 NNW 7 16 1,019
Jersey Buoy
L4
Mount Batten Overcast 14° 12° 86 W 4 9 1,020
Needles Old Battery
N 11
Seven Stones

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 Drizzle 12° 11° 98 SW 9 9 1,016
Belmullet Drizzle 13° 13° 97 WNW 10 1 1,018
Campbeltown Airport Overcast 12° 11° 95 WSW 11 15 1,014
Crosby Overcast 14° 12° 85 W 18 8 1,017
Islay Airport Overcast 13° 12° 98 W 11 1 1,015
K4 12° 12° 75 NW 20 1,019
K5 12° 12° 83 1,012
M2
M3
M4
M5
Malin Head Light shower (day) 13° 13° 98 W 17 1 1,015
Roches Point Light rain 12° 10° 90 W 4 18 1,020
Ronaldsway Overcast 12° 11° 95 WSW 8 1,017
Skye/Lusa
South Uist Range Light rain 13° 12° 97 WNW 14 2 1,012
St. Bees Head Overcast 12° 10° 88 W 13 5 1,016
Stornoway Airport - Climate Station Light rain 13° 12° 96 W 12 4 1,010
Tiree Light rain 13° 12° 97 W 12 1 1,013
Valentia Observatory Light shower (day) 13° 13° 96 WSW 4 1 1,021
Valley Light rain 12° 11° 94 W 10 12 1,018

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