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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 Light rain 79 N 2 1 1,007
Boulmer Sunny day 70 NE 7 21 1,007
Donna Nook Cloudy 72 NNE 11 18 1,006
F3 11° 63 NE 1 1,005 6 0.3
Kirkwall Airport Light rain 88 S 7 1 1,007
Lerwick (S. Screen) Sunny day 63 SSE 8 40 1,007
Leuchars Sunny day 54 E 9 35 1,007
Lossiemouth Sunny day 68 N 6 16 1,007
Manston Sunny day 10° 68 SSE 8 18 1,005
Sandettie 11° 66 NE 5 26 1,005 6 0.3
Shoeburyness Sunny day 10° 59 SSE 9 16 1,005
Weybourne Sunny intervals 10° 71 NNE 8 21 1,005
Wick John O Groats Airport Overcast 71 N 2 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° 63 WNW 8 1,004
Gascogne
K1
K2 11° 12° 66 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° 61 ESE 9 16 1,003
Channel
Culdrose Sunny day 12° 78 SSW 7 35 1,001
E1 10° 89 SE 11 1,002
Greenwich Light Vessel 11° 89 2 1,003 7 0.3
Guernsey Light shower (day) 11° 86 S 6 18 1,002
Jersey Light rain 11° 81 SSW 6 11 1,002
Jersey Buoy
L4
Mount Batten Light rain 90 E 7 2 1,002
Needles Old Battery
E 12
Seven Stones 10° 12° 84 NW 6 26 1,001 8 2.2

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 Cloudy 10° 56 SE 3 1,007
Belmullet Sunny day 12° 57 NNE 14 14 1,008
Campbeltown Airport Light rain 75 W 6 12 1,007
Crosby Overcast 68 NNW 11 29 1,006
Islay Airport Overcast 62 S 7 26 1,007
K4 11° 71 NNE 15 1,011
K5 10° 74 NNE 19 1,012
M2 10° 63 NNE 8 1,006 3 0.6
M3 10° 11° 63 N 14 1,005 8 3
M4 11° 65 NE 14 1,009 7 2.6
M5 11° 68 ENE 19 1,004 4 1.5
Malin Head Sunny day 64 N 10 16 1,008
Roches Point Cloudy 58 ENE 12 26 1,005
Ronaldsway Sunny intervals 62 E 9 1,006
Skye/Lusa
South Uist Range Cloudy 64 NNW 13 40 1,008
St. Bees Head Overcast 61 NW 8 26 1,006
Stornoway Airport - Climate Station Overcast 66 NE 6 26 1,008
Tiree Sunny day 66 N 10 40 1,008
Valentia Observatory Cloudy 10° 59 N 14 24 1,006
Valley Cloudy 52 NNE 10 40 1,005

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