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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 Mist -2° -2° 97 N 2 3 1,009
Boulmer Clear night 93 W 5 15 1,010
Donna Nook Mist 95 SSW 4 3 1,013
F3 91 S 14 1 1,016 8 0.3
Kirkwall Airport Cloudy 95 SSE 4 23 1,007
Lerwick (S. Screen) Fog 96 S 2 1 1,007
Leuchars Mist 96 WSW 5 2 1,009
Lossiemouth Overcast 86 SSW 1 24 1,008
Manston Mist 96 SSW 3 1 1,016
Sandettie 91 S 13 < 1 1,016 6 0.2
Shoeburyness Fog 99 SSW 2 < 1 1,016
Weybourne Mist 90 SSW 6 4 1,014
Wick John O Groats Airport Overcast 94 SSW 2 13 1,007

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° 76 E 15 1,010 5 1.8
Gascogne
K1
K2
K7
M6 11° 12° 81 NNW 17 1,014 7 2.7
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 100 NW 1 1 1,016
Channel 11° 87 ESE 13 5 1,015
Culdrose Partly cloudy (night) 95 E 4 8 1,014
E1 11° 76 ESE 13 1,015
Greenwich Light Vessel 10° 85 2 1,016 9 0.7
Guernsey Mist 97 SE 5 2 1,015
Jersey Mist 99 SE 4 < 1 1,015
Jersey Buoy
L4
Mount Batten Mist 94 E 2 5 1,015
Needles Old Battery
Seven Stones 11° 75 SE 12 10 1,013 9 1.7

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 100 SSW 3 3 1,011
Belmullet Cloudy 77 WSW 4 11 1,011
Campbeltown Airport Light rain 93 N 2 10 1,010
Crosby Light rain 92 SE 3 6 1,012
Islay Airport Drizzle 95 SSW 2 6 1,010
K4 10° 11° 84 NNW 19 1,010
K5 10° 91 1,004
M2 11° 89 SW 7 1,012 4 0.82
M3 10° 11° 89 NNE 4 1,012 6 2.19
M4 11° 67 WSW 12 1,010 6 2.58
M5 10° 11° 75 SSW 11 1,013 5 1.48
Malin Head Cloudy 95 SSW 4 18 1,010
Roches Point Light shower (night) 93 SW 4 18 1,012
Ronaldsway Overcast 96 WSW 2 4 1,011
Skye/Lusa
South Uist Range Light rain 76 W 6 36 1,007
St. Bees Head Fog 100 SSE 4 < 1 1,011
Stornoway Airport - Climate Station Overcast 97 S 3 33 1,006
Tiree Clear night 92 WSW 3 22 1,008
Valentia Observatory Clear night 97 ENE 1 6 1,012
Valley Light rain 96 SSW 8 4 1,012

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