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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° 79 WNW 8 14 994
Boulmer Sunny intervals -4° 69 WSW 7 996
Donna Nook Sunny day -1° -4° 75 W 3 29 1,000
F3 -2° 13° 59 W 6 1,001 7 0.8
Kirkwall Airport Cloudy 89 NNW 6 31 990
Lerwick (S. Screen) Drizzle 89 E 11 1 990
Leuchars Overcast -2° 67 W 7 39 996
Lossiemouth Light rain 90 WSW 8 22 994
Manston Overcast -2° 82 NW 1 16 1,000
Sandettie -1° 12° 63 S 10 26 1,000 7 0.7
Shoeburyness Overcast 96 N 2 13 1,000
Weybourne Sunny day -3° 82 WSW 4 17 1,000
Wick John O Groats Airport Sunny day 87 W 6 9 991

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 12° 15° 66 WNW 35 1,000 7 5.6
Gascogne
K1
K2
K7
M6 13° 66 NNW 21 1,012 7 4.57
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 Heavy snow 99 ENE 5 < 1 998
Channel 15° 93 E 34 993
Culdrose Light rain 90 ENE 13 6 993
E1 14° 95 E 33 992
Greenwich Light Vessel 13° 74 5 998 6 0.6
Guernsey Light rain 95 E 16 3 990
Jersey Overcast 97 E 12 1 989
Jersey Buoy
L4
Mount Batten Light rain 92 ENE 7 7 994
Needles Old Battery
Seven Stones 13° 83 NE 26 5 994 8 3.6

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 day 96 Calm 13 1,003
Belmullet Light shower (day) 96 Calm 18 1,006
Campbeltown Airport Cloudy 79 WNW 9 32 1,001
Crosby Sunny intervals -1° 89 ESE 2 8 1,001
Islay Airport Cloudy 89 W 9 15 1,001
K4 12° 87 NNE 23 1,009
K5 11° 87 1,005
M2 -1° 14° 61 N 14 1,002 3 0.82
M3 13° 93 N 32 1,001 6 3.13
M4 -1° 13° 59 NNW 22 1,006 7 3.28
M5 13° 56 ENE 17 999 5 2.58
Malin Head Heavy shower (day)
NW 6 5 1,003
Roches Point Light rain 96 N 7 13 1,001
Ronaldsway Sunny intervals 86 WNW 1 21 1,001
Skye/Lusa
South Uist Range Light rain 79 WNW 12 19 999
St. Bees Head Sunny day -3° 63 NW 8 28 1,000
Stornoway Airport - Climate Station Light rain 77 WNW 9 22 996
Tiree Heavy rain 85 NW 7 4 1,000
Valentia Observatory Light rain 93 NNE 7 2 1,004
Valley Sunny intervals 78 SE 0 39 1,002

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