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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 83 NNW 17 35 1,017
Boulmer Sunny day -1° 49 NNW 17 1,017
Donna Nook Overcast 70 NNW 26 10 1,016
F3 11° 11° 81 WNW 20 26 1,013 5 1.1
Kirkwall Airport Overcast -1° 64 NNW 23 16 1,018
Lerwick (S. Screen) Overcast -2° 65 NNW 20 21 1,014
Leuchars Overcast 11° 47 NNW 10 29 1,018
Lossiemouth Sunny intervals 59 N 18 13 1,019
Manston Overcast 11° 86 WNW 12 18 1,015
Sandettie 10° 11° 79 WNW 22 10 1,014 5 1
Shoeburyness Overcast 13° 71 WNW 17 16 1,015
Weybourne Light rain 79 NNW 23 8 1,014
Wick John O Groats Airport Overcast 66 N 22 11 1,018

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 12° 70 NE 9 1,026
Gascogne
K1
K2 10° 12° 83 1,028
K7 -1° 65 1,019
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 14° 67 NW 16 18 1,019
Channel
Culdrose Overcast 11° 78 NNW 11 24 1,023
E1 11° 84 NW 14 1,023
Greenwich Light Vessel 11° 11° 85 5 1,017 6 1.1
Guernsey Cloudy 12° 81 WNW 14 21 1,022
Jersey Overcast 11° 87 WNW 12 14 1,022
Jersey Buoy
L4
Mount Batten Overcast 12° 74 NNW 14 15 1,022
Needles Old Battery
NW 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 Overcast 10° 72 NW 9 21 1,022
Belmullet Cloudy 11° 10° 93 NNW 10 9 1,025
Campbeltown Airport Sunny day 11° 72 NW 13 10 1,021
Crosby Sunny day 11° 78 NW 23 5 1,019
Islay Airport Cloudy 10° 68 NNW 19 11 1,022
K4 11° 11° 93 N 10 1,026
K5 10° 66 NW 11 1,023
M2 10° 10° 79 NNW 14 1,021 4 0.9
M3 10° 11° 91 NNW 12 1,026 6 1.6
M4
M5 11° 11° 82 NW 6 1,024 4 0.8
Malin Head Cloudy 10° 88 NNW 10 11 1,022
Roches Point Cloudy 12° 77 NNW 17 21 1,024
Ronaldsway Sunny day 11° 67 WNW 18 1,020
Skye/Lusa
South Uist Range Sunny day 68 NNW 7 32 1,022
St. Bees Head Sunny intervals 11° 71 NNW 13 21 1,018
Stornoway Airport - Climate Station Cloudy 65 N 9 15 1,021
Tiree Sunny day 10° 71 N 13 18 1,022
Valentia Observatory Cloudy 11° 84 NNW 8 24 1,026
Valley Light rain 11° 82 NNW 12 15 1,021

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