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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 intervals 18° 11° 63 ESE 7 21 1,012
Boulmer Overcast 15° 13° 87 NNE 4 1,013
Donna Nook Overcast 19° 11° 62 E 8 13 1,014
F3 18° 15° 18° 81 W 7 1,015 5 0.1
Kirkwall Airport Overcast 18° 12° 68 W 13 21 1,012
Lerwick (S. Screen) Overcast 15° 11° 78 WSW 15 26 1,011
Leuchars Overcast 18° 10° 56 N 3 16 1,012
Lossiemouth Sunny day 18° 10° 59 NW 8 18 1,012
Manston Overcast 22° 10° 45 NNW 6 26 1,014
Sandettie 18° 15° 18° 82 SW 14 10 1,015 5 0.1
Shoeburyness Sunny day 23° 40 W 6 26 1,014
Weybourne Sunny intervals 21° 14° 65 NW 9 26 1,014
Wick John O Groats Airport Overcast 16° 12° 80 ESE 3 15 1,012

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 18° 13° 18° 73 NNW 7 1,019
Gascogne
K1
K2 16° 12° 16° 80 NNW 12 1,019
K7
M6
Pap 16° 11° 17° 71 NNE 7 1,021

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 20° 12° 61 W 8 21 1,016
Channel
Culdrose Sunny day 18° 13° 73 SW 11 21 1,017
E1 18° 14° 78 WSW 12 1,017
Greenwich Light Vessel 17° 13° 17° 78 10 1,016 11 0.2
Guernsey Sunny intervals 18° 14° 74 W 8 26 1,018
Jersey Sunny intervals 19° 14° 71 WNW 9 21 1,017
Jersey Buoy
L4
Mount Batten Overcast 19° 16° 80 SW 7 9 1,017
Needles Old Battery
SW 20
Seven Stones 17° 14° 17° 87 W 11 10 1,017 7 1.2

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 18° 12° 68 SSW 5 21 1,013
Belmullet
Campbeltown Airport Sunny intervals 17° 11° 67 NW 5 21 1,013
Crosby Cloudy 19° 12° 64 W 7 18 1,015
Islay Airport Overcast 16° 12° 77 WSW 8 16 1,014
K4 14° 11° 14° 80 NW 12 1,015
K5 12° 11° 13° 92 1,010
M2
M3
M4
M5
Malin Head
Roches Point
Ronaldsway Cloudy 17° 14° 81 SSW 10 1,014
Skye/Lusa
South Uist Range Overcast 16° 12° 82 WSW 10 18 1,013
St. Bees Head Sunny day 17° 13° 76 SW 8 14 1,014
Stornoway Airport - Climate Station Overcast 17° 12° 71 WSW 13 18 1,012
Tiree Cloudy 16° 13° 79 S 9 16 1,014
Valentia Observatory
Valley Sunny day 17° 13° 74 SW 10 18 1,015

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