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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 Overcast 76 SSE 6 13 998
Boulmer Overcast 94 SE 14 < 1 998
Donna Nook Light rain 96 SE 11 2 1,002
F3 13° 75 S 29 1,010 6 1.1
Kirkwall Airport Overcast 73 ESE 11 33 998
Lerwick (S. Screen) Overcast -2° 65 ESE 7 30 1,004
Leuchars Overcast 91 SE 12 2 996
Lossiemouth Overcast 80 ESE 8 20 995
Manston Overcast 81 S 12 17 1,008
Sandettie 12° 74 S 31 10 1,011 6 1.4
Shoeburyness Sunny intervals 80 S 12 14 1,007
Weybourne Light rain 96 SE 6 3 1,006
Wick John O Groats Airport Light rain 76 SE 11 13 997

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 16° 15° 15° 91 SSW 30 999 6 4.1
Gascogne
K1
K2
K7
M6 12° 13° 75 SW 31 969 8 6.45
Pap 15° 14° 14° 91 982

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 12° 82 SSW 12 8 1,003
Channel 13° 11° 15° 83 S 33 1,003
Culdrose Light rain 14° 13° 92 SSW 15 4 997
E1 14° 13° 14° 91 S 30 999
Greenwich Light Vessel 11° 14° 77 2 1,008 7 2.8
Guernsey Light rain 11° 10° 91 S 12 3 1,006
Jersey Overcast 10° 89 S 13 10 1,008
Jersey Buoy
L4 14° 13° 91 SSW 31 999
Mount Batten Light rain 13° 12° 96 SSW 18 2 999
Needles Old Battery
Seven Stones 14° 13° 13° 89 S 35 2 995 8 3.7

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 10° 97 SE 8 2 980
Belmullet Cloudy 13° 12° 89 SSW 13 5 974
Campbeltown Airport Light rain 94 ESE 19 2 984
Crosby Light rain 92 SSE 11 12 991
Islay Airport Overcast 96 ESE 17 1 983
K4 13° 12° 78 SW 31 967
K5 11° 75 983
M2 14° 12° 14° 91 SSW 34 984 7 4.45
M3 14° 14° 13° 97 SW 25 982 9 7.19
M4 13° 12° 12° 92 S 22 973 6 3.52
M5 14° 12° 13° 90 S 23 986 8 6.56
Malin Head 94 ESE 16 977
Roches Point Light rain 14° 14° 99 SSW 19 1 983
Ronaldsway
Skye/Lusa
South Uist Range Mist 84 ESE 20 3 984
St. Bees Head Light rain 93 SSE 19 3 988
Stornoway Airport - Climate Station Overcast 76 ESE 12 19 990
Tiree Overcast 92 ESE 23 4 983
Valentia Observatory Mist 14° 13° 92 SSW 9 3 982
Valley Light rain 12° 12° 98 S 19 1 987

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