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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 Clear night 67 WSW 9 17 985
Boulmer Clear night 66 WSW 14 11 994
Donna Nook Overcast 10° 69 WSW 7 9 1,001
F3
Kirkwall Airport Overcast 79 WSW 22 4 973
Lerwick (S. Screen) Overcast 82 WSW 22 7 963
Leuchars Light rain 69 W 13 7 990
Lossiemouth Light rain 81 WSW 15 4 984
Manston Overcast 12° 86 SW 8 18 1,007
Sandettie
Shoeburyness Drizzle 12° 10° 86 WSW 7 27 1,006
Weybourne Partly cloudy (night) 10° 76 W 9 15 1,002
Wick John O Groats Airport Overcast 71 W 17 7 978

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 15° 12° 14° 82 W 25 1,026 7 3.7
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 Cloudy 13° 71 W 10 17 1,011
Channel
Culdrose Light rain 12° 11° 95 W 9 9 1,016
E1
Greenwich Light Vessel
Guernsey Heavy rain 12° 11° 94 W 12 < 1 1,017
Jersey Light rain 12° 12° 99 W 12 2 1,017
Jersey Buoy
L4
Mount Batten Light rain 11° 10° 94 W 9 6 1,014
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 Light rain 79 WSW 10 8 1,001
Belmullet Sunny intervals 67 W 12 5 1,005
Campbeltown Airport Cloudy 79 W 19 4 997
Crosby Clear night 80 W 14 2 1,004
Islay Airport Cloudy 76 W 15 5 997
K4
K5
M2
M3
M4
M5
Malin Head Partly cloudy (night) 70 W 18 5 998
Roches Point
Ronaldsway 69 WSW 9 10 1,002
Skye/Lusa
South Uist Range Cloudy 81 W 19 6 988
St. Bees Head Light rain 87 W 16 < 1 1,000
Stornoway Airport - Climate Station Overcast 75 W 16 5 983
Tiree Overcast 77 WNW 16 7 993
Valentia Observatory Sunny intervals 10° 71 W 11 5 1,014
Valley Overcast 70 W 13 10 1,006

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