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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 60 WSW 10 10 985
Boulmer Sunny day 69 W 14 18 994
Donna Nook Cloudy 11° 64 W 9 10 1,001
F3 11° 10° 11° 92 SW 32 2 1,008 6 1.8
Kirkwall Airport Light rain 86 WSW 24 1 972
Lerwick (S. Screen) Light rain 94 SSW 16 1 967
Leuchars Overcast 64 W 12 9 991
Lossiemouth Light rain 72 WSW 13 3 984
Manston Overcast 11° 89 SW 8 10 1,008
Sandettie 11° 10° 11° 90 WSW 39 2 1,010 6 1.9
Shoeburyness Overcast 12° 84 SW 7 13 1,007
Weybourne Cloudy 10° 88 SW 9 27 1,002
Wick John O Groats Airport Sunny intervals 85 WSW 17 9 977

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 14° 12° 14° 87 WNW 26 1,027 6 3.3
Gascogne
K1
K2
K7
M6 10° 12° 69 W 35 1,014 10 9.14
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 Light rain 12° 11° 93 W 8 4 1,011
Channel 13° 12° 13° 95 W 29 2 1,015
Culdrose Light rain 12° 12° 97 W 11 6 1,017
E1 13° 12° 12° 93 W 22 1,016
Greenwich Light Vessel 12° 11° 12° 92 < 1 1,011 7 2.7
Guernsey Drizzle 12° 12° 99 W 12 1 1,017
Jersey Light rain 11° 11° 99 W 11 < 1 1,018
Jersey Buoy
L4
Mount Batten Light rain 12° 11° 96 W 9 7 1,015
Needles Old Battery
Seven Stones 13° 12° 12° 91 W 32 2 1,016 8 2.9

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 78 W 7 5 1,002
Belmullet Light shower (day) 81 WNW 13 1 1,006
Campbeltown Airport Mist 78 W 17 5 997
Crosby Sunny intervals 10° 72 W 14 2 1,004
Islay Airport Mist 65 W 17 6 998
K4 11° 64 WNW 38 1,002
K5 10° 68 982
M2 10° 12° 68 W 30 1,005 5 2.58
M3 12° 12° 80 WNW 23 1,016 8 5.78
M4 11° 70 WNW 33 1,001 10 9.02
M5 12° 12° 63 WNW 21 1,012 6 3.2
Malin Head Cloudy 83 WSW 16 4 999
Roches Point 11° 57 W 17 10 1,012
Ronaldsway 10° 66 WSW 10 8 1,003
Skye/Lusa
South Uist Range Cloudy 76 W 22 5 988
St. Bees Head Light rain 94 W 14 1 1,001
Stornoway Airport - Climate Station Overcast 84 W 19 7 981
Tiree Light rain 78 W 17 5 993
Valentia Observatory Cloudy 11° 67 W 10 5 1,014
Valley Light rain 83 W 12 9 1,006

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