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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 Light rain 85 WSW 6 2 1,008
Boulmer Light rain 10° 91 WSW 8 5 1,011
Donna Nook Overcast 11° 87 WSW 4 14 1,013
F3 15° 12° 16° 85 WSW 16 1,014 7 0.6
Kirkwall Airport Overcast 95 S 7 16 1,005
Lerwick (S. Screen) Light rain 96 SW 7 8 1,004
Leuchars Light rain 90 WSW 6 11 1,009
Lossiemouth Light rain 89 SSW 5 18 1,007
Manston Mist 12° 11° 95 SW 8 6 1,014
Sandettie 15° 13° 16° 86 WSW 15 10 1,014 6 0.6
Shoeburyness Overcast 14° 12° 87 SW 6 15 1,014
Weybourne Overcast 12° 82 W 9 21 1,013
Wick John O Groats Airport Overcast 10° 90 WSW 7 18 1,006

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° 13° 17° 84 WSW 13 1,019
Gascogne
K1
K2 15° 14° 14° 94 WSW 23 1,012
K7
M6
Pap 16° 15° 15° 96 WNW 18 1,018

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 13° 11° 88 WNW 5 14 1,016
Channel
Culdrose Overcast 14° 11° 81 WSW 7 16 1,016
E1 15° 12° 81 W 11 1,017
Greenwich Light Vessel 16° 13° 15° 87 10 1,015 8 0.3
Guernsey Cloudy 14° 12° 91 WSW 6 13 1,017
Jersey Overcast 14° 11° 84 W 7 8 1,017
Jersey Buoy
L4
Mount Batten Overcast 13° 11° 88 W 6 7 1,017
Needles Old Battery
NW 12
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 Light rain 10° 92 SSE 6 5 1,010
Belmullet
Campbeltown Airport Light rain 10° 86 S 8 24 1,009
Crosby Light rain 13° 10° 84 SW 16 4 1,013
Islay Airport Overcast 10° 91 S 8 10 1,009
K4 13° 13° 13° 99 W 18 1,004
K5 12° 12° 12° 97 995
M2
M3
M4
M5
Malin Head
Roches Point
Ronaldsway Overcast 10° 93 NNW 8 1,011
Skye/Lusa
South Uist Range Light rain 11° 92 SSW 22 5 1,004
St. Bees Head Light rain 10° 94 W 12 2 1,012
Stornoway Airport - Climate Station Light rain 92 SSW 12 12 1,004
Tiree Light rain 10° 90 SSW 17 6 1,006
Valentia Observatory
Valley Light rain 13° 12° 89 SSW 20 6 1,012

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