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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 55 ESE 4 40 1,007
Boulmer Sunny intervals 65 NE 8 21 1,007
Donna Nook Sunny day 74 NNE 12 21 1,006
F3 11° 68 NNW 2 1,005 6 0.4
Kirkwall Airport Overcast 71 SSE 3 40 1,007
Lerwick (S. Screen) Sunny day 66 SSE 8 40 1,007
Leuchars Sunny intervals 59 E 7 35 1,007
Lossiemouth Sunny day 69 N 6 18 1,007
Manston Overcast 59 NNE 4 14 1,005
Sandettie 11° 67 NNE 5 26 1,005 6 0.3
Shoeburyness Cloudy 10° 64 SE 7 16 1,005
Weybourne Sunny day 10° 69 NNE 7 18 1,005
Wick John O Groats Airport Overcast 70 E 8 26 1,007

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° 59 NW 8 1,004
Gascogne
K1
K2 10° 12° 69 1,008
K7 79 1,007
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 Overcast 11° 67 SE 10 13 1,003
Channel
Culdrose Sunny intervals 11° 74 SW 9 32 1,000
E1 10° 89 SSE 14 1,002
Greenwich Light Vessel 11° 85 2 1,003 7 0.3
Guernsey Cloudy 11° 82 S 7 7 1,002
Jersey Overcast 12° 76 SE 6 18 1,002
Jersey Buoy
L4
Mount Batten Drizzle 10° 84 E 9 5 1,002
Needles Old Battery
E 5
Seven Stones 10° 11° 86 W 6 26 1,001 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 Light rain 72 WNW 5 29 1,007
Belmullet 12° 59 NE 14 15 1,008
Campbeltown Airport Light rain 81 SW 5 40 1,007
Crosby Overcast 60 WSW 7 29 1,005
Islay Airport Overcast 60 S 5 24 1,007
K4 11° 73 NNE 17 1,012
K5 10° 76 N 19 1,012
M2 10° 63 NE 10 1,006 3 0.6
M3 10° 11° 70 NNE 12 1,005 7 3
M4 11° 70 N 14 1,009 7 2.7
M5 11° 75 NE 21 1,004 4 1.4
Malin Head 65 NNE 8 18 1,008
Roches Point Overcast 61 E 12 18 1,005
Ronaldsway Sunny intervals 65 E 10 1,006
Skye/Lusa
South Uist Range Overcast 66 NNW 10 24 1,008
St. Bees Head Overcast 64 NNW 6 32 1,006
Stornoway Airport - Climate Station Overcast 61 NE 7 32 1,008
Tiree Sunny day 66 N 10 40 1,008
Valentia Observatory Cloudy 11° 54 NNE 12 21 1,005
Valley Sunny intervals 10° 52 NNE 11 9 1,005

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