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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 85 NW 10 40 1,006
Boulmer Sunny intervals 89 NW 7 18 1,005
Donna Nook Overcast 85 N 14 12 1,003
F3 10° 68 NNW 9 1,003 6 0.5
Kirkwall Airport Sunny day 91 W 3 40 1,006
Lerwick (S. Screen) Cloudy 87 N 1 40 1,006
Leuchars Overcast 88 NNW 2 29 1,006
Lossiemouth Overcast 83 NNW 7 16 1,006
Manston Overcast 91 N 4 16 1,003
Sandettie 10° 67 NNE 9 10 1,003 6 0.4
Shoeburyness Mist 98 NW 3 3 1,003
Weybourne Cloudy 79 NNW 10 15 1,002
Wick John O Groats Airport Sunny day 96 WNW 4 24 1,006

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 10° 59 NW 13 1,004
Gascogne
K1
K2 10° 12° 67 1,005
K7 71 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 Mist 100 ENE 4 2 1,002
Channel
Culdrose Light rain 98 ENE 6 5 1,000
E1 83 SE 6 1,001
Greenwich Light Vessel 11° 82 5 1,003 7 0.3
Guernsey Cloudy 97 SSW 3 8 1,002
Jersey Drizzle 93 SSW 5 4 1,002
Jersey Buoy
L4
Mount Batten Overcast 85 E 4 11 1,001
Needles Old Battery
ESE 8
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 80 NE 4 32 1,006
Belmullet Sunny day 80 NE 2 16 1,007
Campbeltown Airport Overcast 84 SE 3 40 1,006
Crosby Sunny day 92 ENE 5 12 1,005
Islay Airport Overcast 84 E 4 26 1,006
K4 11° 75 ENE 17 1,009
K5 10° 74 NNE 19 1,012
M2 10° 69 ENE 16 1,004 3 0.9
M3 11° 84 N 16 1,002 8 3.4
M4 11° 68 NE 14 1,007 8 3.1
M5 12° 90 NE 19 1,001 4 1.3
Malin Head Sunny intervals 75 N 12 24 1,006
Roches Point Light shower (day) 91 NNE 12 14 1,002
Ronaldsway Sunny day 78 NNE 3 1,005
Skye/Lusa
South Uist Range Sunny intervals 86 NNE 8 29 1,008
St. Bees Head Sunny day 80 ENE 9 32 1,005
Stornoway Airport - Climate Station Overcast 80 N 9 9 1,008
Tiree Cloudy 86 E 6 32 1,007
Valentia Observatory Cloudy 87 NE 8 21 1,003
Valley Overcast 77 ENE 9 15 1,004

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