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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 intervals 79 SSW 9 32 1,003
Boulmer Sunny intervals 86 S 7 21 1,007
Donna Nook Sunny day 90 S 10 11 1,012
F3 10° 11° 91 S 12 1,017 5 0.2
Kirkwall Airport Overcast 88 WSW 18 26 998
Lerwick (S. Screen) Fog 99 SSE 7 < 1 995
Leuchars Sunny day 90 WSW 8 21 1,004
Lossiemouth Sunny day 90 SSW 6 18 1,002
Manston Sunny day 99 S 5 9 1,017
Sandettie 10° 10° 90 S 13 5 1,017 5 0.2
Shoeburyness Sunny day 86 S 9 11 1,016
Weybourne Sunny day 93 S 11 7 1,014
Wick John O Groats Airport Sunny day 86 WSW 14 29 1,000

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 13° 10° 82 SSW 22 1,012
Gascogne
K1
K2 11° 12° 79 1,004
K7 10°
994
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 Sunny intervals 10° 83 SSW 5 16 1,014
Channel
Culdrose Overcast 11° 82 SSW 19 15 1,011
E1 12° 78 SSW 21 1,012
Greenwich Light Vessel 11° 11° 79 10 1,017 6 0.4
Guernsey Cloudy 10° 81 S 10 24 1,016
Jersey Sunny day 86 SSW 7 16 1,016
Jersey Buoy
L4
Mount Batten Cloudy 10° 79 SSW 19 10 1,012
Needles Old Battery
S 17
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 93 SSE 10 3 1,002
Belmullet Light rain 95 NNE 6 4 997
Campbeltown Airport Light rain 92 SSE 9 10 1,003
Crosby Sunny intervals 84 SSE 12 29 1,008
Islay Airport Overcast 94 SSE 9 12 1,002
K4 11° 67 N 13 1,000
K5 10° 74 ENE 11 1,002
M2 10° 10° 89 SSW 17 1,004 5 1.2
M3 11° 11° 81 W 17 1,002 5 2.3
M4 11° 85 NE 8 999 6 1.4
M5 11° 11° 90 S 29 1,004 5 1.9
Malin Head Drizzle 93 ESE 6 9 1,001
Roches Point Light rain 10° 95 SSW 23 6 1,001
Ronaldsway Overcast 10° 89 S 16 1,005
Skye/Lusa
South Uist Range Sunny intervals 91 E 5 29 1,001
St. Bees Head Light rain 95 S 15 5 1,006
Stornoway Airport - Climate Station Sunny day 95 WSW 7 18 1,001
Tiree Overcast 78 S 10 40 1,001
Valentia Observatory Light shower (day) 10° 86 WNW 14 14 1,000
Valley Overcast 10° 88 S 21 9 1,006

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