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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 61 NNW 14 18 1,026
Boulmer Cloudy 69 N 14 10 1,025
Donna Nook
F3 11° 60 WNW 8 26 1,022 5 0.4
Kirkwall Airport Overcast 65 N 18 15 1,026
Lerwick (S. Screen) Cloudy -2° 56 N 17 24 1,025
Leuchars Cloudy 10° 52 N 9 15 1,026
Lossiemouth Overcast 67 WNW 12 8 1,027
Manston Overcast 75 W 7 14 1,022
Sandettie 11° 71 WNW 8 10 1,022 6 0.3
Shoeburyness Overcast 93 W 2 5 1,022
Weybourne Overcast 10° 83 NW 11 10 1,022
Wick John O Groats Airport Overcast 65 N 15 11 1,026

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 NNE 18 1,027
Gascogne
K1
K2 12° 12° 80 1,031
K7 67 1,028
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° 65 N 14 16 1,023
Channel
Culdrose Cloudy 11° 80 SW 8 14 1,026
E1 11° 78 WNW 6 1,025
Greenwich Light Vessel 11° 73 10 1,022 8 0.2
Guernsey Cloudy 11° 74 N 8 21 1,024
Jersey Overcast 76 N 4 18 1,024
Jersey Buoy
L4
Mount Batten Overcast 14° 61 NW 8 12 1,025
Needles Old Battery
N 11
Seven Stones 11° 11° 87 N 11 10 1,027 6 0.6

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 Sunny day 11° 63 NW 9
Belmullet Overcast 12° 77 N 10 18 1,030
Campbeltown Airport Sunny day 10° 72 WNW 6 18 1,028
Crosby Overcast 10° 61 NNE 9 11 1,026
Islay Airport Sunny day 10° 64 NNW 14 16 1,028
K4 10° 11° 72 N 10 1,034
K5 10° 90 N 9 1,031
M2
M3
M4
M5
Malin Head Overcast 70 N 14 11 1,029
Roches Point Cloudy 12° 62 NNW 10 16 1,028
Ronaldsway Overcast 10° 65 E 13 1,027
Skye/Lusa
South Uist Range Overcast 10° 63 NNW 11 24 1,029
St. Bees Head Cloudy 58 N 11 11 1,026
Stornoway Airport - Climate Station Overcast 64 ENE 6 16 1,029
Tiree Overcast 64 N 14 15 1,029
Valentia Observatory Cloudy 13° 68 NNE 6 18 1,029
Valley Overcast 11° 67 N 12 12 1,026

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