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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 -1° -1° 98 N 1 5 1,010
Boulmer Cloudy 90 W 5 16 1,011
Donna Nook Mist 94 SSW 5 3 1,013
F3 87 WSW 12 2 1,016 8 0.3
Kirkwall Airport Partly cloudy (night) 97 S 3 18 1,008
Lerwick (S. Screen) Drizzle 94 SSW 4 < 1 1,008
Leuchars Overcast 93 WSW 1 10 1,010
Lossiemouth Overcast 93 S 2 23 1,009
Manston Mist 96 SSW 4 1 1,016
Sandettie 89 SW 10 2 1,017 5 0.3
Shoeburyness Mist 98 SSW 3 1 1,016
Weybourne Mist 91 SSW 7 4 1,014
Wick John O Groats Airport Overcast 91 SE 1 14 1,008

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° 78 E 15 1,011 6 2
Gascogne
K1
K2
K7
M6 10° 12° 82 NW 14 1,014 7 2.58
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 Overcast 100 Calm 1 1,016
Channel 11° 81 ESE 16 5 1,015
Culdrose Clear night 93 ESE 4 9 1,015
E1 11° 77 ESE 13 1,015
Greenwich Light Vessel 10° 83 2 1,016 10 0.8
Guernsey Cloudy 92 ESE 4 6 1,016
Jersey Mist 97 SE 6 2 1,016
Jersey Buoy
L4
Mount Batten Mist 94 NNE 2 5 1,015
Needles Old Battery
Seven Stones 11° 74 SE 15 10 1,014 9 1.8

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 Fog 100 SW 3 < 1 1,012
Belmullet 74 W 3 16 1,012
Campbeltown Airport Overcast 91 SSW 2 15 1,010
Crosby Overcast 92 SSE 3 6 1,013
Islay Airport Overcast 88 SSW 3 8 1,011
K4 11° 89 WNW 16 1,010
K5 10° 90 1,003
M2 10° 11° 89 SW 10 1,012 3 1.05
M3 10° 11° 89 NE 4 1,013 7 2.19
M4 11° 64 WSW 12 1,011 6 2.58
M5 10° 11° 75 SW 11 1,014 5 1.56
Malin Head Overcast 93 SW 6 21 1,010
Roches Point Light shower (night) 97 SW 3 4 1,013
Ronaldsway Overcast 97 W 1 3 1,012
Skye/Lusa
South Uist Range Overcast 92 SW 4 21 1,008
St. Bees Head Light rain 100 SSE 3 < 1 1,012
Stornoway Airport - Climate Station Overcast 94 SSW 3 34 1,007
Tiree Overcast 95 W 2 16 1,009
Valentia Observatory Overcast 96 NE 1 6 1,013
Valley Mist 93 S 6 3 1,013

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