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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 92 N 2 20 1,026
Boulmer Mist 93 S 1 2 1,029
Donna Nook Fog 99 SSW 2 < 1 1,031
F3
Kirkwall Airport Overcast 98 S 5 25 1,024
Lerwick (S. Screen) Overcast 91 SSW 5 14 1,024
Leuchars Drizzle 92 WSW 3 5 1,028
Lossiemouth
Manston Fog 98 Calm < 1 1,032
Sandettie
Shoeburyness Fog 99 WSW 1 < 1 1,032
Weybourne Mist 99 SSW 2 1 1,032
Wick John O Groats Airport Fog 99 S 3 < 1 1,025

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° 14° 87 ENE 2 1,030 10 2.6
Gascogne
K1
K2
K7
M6
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 Mist 96 NNE 1 4 1,032
Channel
Culdrose Drizzle 99 ESE 2 < 1 1,031
E1
Greenwich Light Vessel
Guernsey
Jersey Mist 98 E 2 5 1,031
Jersey Buoy
L4
Mount Batten Drizzle 97 ENE 1 1 1,031
Needles Old Battery
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 Overcast 95 S 2 20 1,029
Belmullet
Campbeltown Airport Overcast 10° 92 SSE 3 24 1,028
Crosby Fog 100 SSE 1 < 1 1,032
Islay Airport Overcast 10° 93 S 3 11 1,028
K4
K5
M2
M3
M4
M5
Malin Head
Roches Point
Ronaldsway Drizzle 98 SSW 3 1 1,030
Skye/Lusa
South Uist Range Overcast 97 SW 3 4 1,025
St. Bees Head Fog 100 SSE 7 < 1 1,031
Stornoway Airport - Climate Station Overcast 92 SSW 4 40 1,024
Tiree Drizzle 10° 10° 97 SW 7 6 1,026
Valentia Observatory
Valley Drizzle 99 S 6 < 1 1,031

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