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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 Sunny day -1° 70 WSW 3 17 1,027
Boulmer Sunny day 86 WSW 6 14 1,030
Donna Nook Sunny day 90 SW 4 13 1,034
F3 78 W 11 10 1,037 6 0.3
Kirkwall Airport Light rain 92 SW 7 10 1,023
Lerwick (S. Screen) Sunny day 74 WSW 11 15 1,020
Leuchars Sunny day 90 WSW 5 30 1,029
Lossiemouth Sunny day 80 SW 5 19 1,026
Manston Sunny day 86 W 3 12 1,037
Sandettie 76 W 10 10 1,037 7 0.3
Shoeburyness Sunny day 88 SW 3 8 1,037
Weybourne Sunny day 84 SW 7 16 1,035
Wick John O Groats Airport Sunny day 84 WSW 7 13 1,024

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 11° 13° 67 N 4 1,038 9 4.3
Gascogne
K1
K2
K7
M6 11° 12° 63 SW 22 1,031 9 5.74
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 Sunny day -1° -1° 99 Calm 10 1,038
Channel 11° 11° 67 W 7 5 1,038
Culdrose Sunny day 94 N 0 6 1,038
E1 10° 11° 77 WNW 5 1,038
Greenwich Light Vessel 10° 10° 72 10 1,038 8 0.6
Guernsey Sunny intervals 79 W 2 16 1,038
Jersey Sunny day 90 SSE 2 7 1,038
Jersey Buoy
L4
Mount Batten Sunny day 96 ENE 2 6 1,038
Needles Old Battery
Seven Stones 10° 11° 70 W 9 10 1,037 11 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 Sunny intervals 94 SSW 5 19 1,033
Belmullet Sunny intervals 66 W 6 10 1,032
Campbeltown Airport Sunny intervals 83 WSW 9 16 1,031
Crosby Cloudy 85 WSW 5 7 1,035
Islay Airport Overcast 87 SSW 5 9 1,031
K4 11° 66 WSW 24 1,029
K5 10° 76 1,019
M2 10° 77 W 17 1,034 4 1.17
M3 10° 12° 60 W 9 1,037 9 5
M4 11° 68 WSW 19 1,030 8 5.27
M5 10° 65 WNW 11 1,037 7 2.73
Malin Head Sunny intervals 89 S 6 12 1,031
Roches Point Sunny day 84 NW 1 10 1,037
Ronaldsway Sunny day 83 WSW 5 13 1,033
Skye/Lusa
South Uist Range Overcast 70 WSW 11 15 1,026
St. Bees Head Sunny day 94 W 5 10 1,032
Stornoway Airport - Climate Station Overcast 87 SSW 5 18 1,024
Tiree Light rain 76 WSW 7 16 1,028
Valentia Observatory Sunny intervals 75 Calm 14 1,037
Valley Cloudy 79 W 5 18 1,035

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