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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 87 NW 8 40 1,006
Boulmer Partly cloudy (night) 87 NW 5 18 1,005
Donna Nook Light rain 95 W 7 7 1,002
F3 10° 65 N 8 1,002 6 0.5
Kirkwall Airport Cloudy 94 WSW 3 40 1,006
Lerwick (S. Screen) Overcast 84 NNE 2 40 1,005
Leuchars Clear night -1° 87 NNW 4 26 1,006
Lossiemouth Overcast 93 WSW 7 16 1,006
Manston Cloudy 89 NNE 2 14 1,002
Sandettie 10° 67 N 7 26 1,002 6 0.4
Shoeburyness Mist 97 NW 5 2 1,003
Weybourne Cloudy 88 WNW 14 11 1,001
Wick John O Groats Airport Overcast 95 W 4 26 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° 64 NW 15 1,005
Gascogne
K1
K2 12° 68 1,005
K7 81 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 99 Calm 4 1,002
Channel
Culdrose Light rain 95 E 5 8 1,001
E1 10° 77 E 6 1,001
Greenwich Light Vessel 11° 81 5 1,002 6 0.4
Guernsey Drizzle 98 S 5 9 1,002
Jersey Light rain 91 SW 7 9 1,002
Jersey Buoy
L4
Mount Batten Overcast 88 ENE 4 10 1,002
Needles Old Battery
ESE 4
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 76 ENE 4 40 1,005
Belmullet Light shower (night) 71 NNE 14 21 1,006
Campbeltown Airport Light rain 75 E 7 10 1,005
Crosby Clear night 87 ENE 6 21 1,004
Islay Airport Overcast 84 E 6 21 1,006
K4 11° 76 NNE 18 1,009
K5 10° 74 NNE 22 1,012
M2
M3
M4
M5
Malin Head Cloudy 77 N 14 26 1,005
Roches Point Overcast 92 NE 12 26 1,001
Ronaldsway Overcast 73 NNE 8 1,004
Skye/Lusa
South Uist Range Clear night 86 NNE 9 40 1,007
St. Bees Head Clear night -2° 82 ENE 8 40 1,005
Stornoway Airport - Climate Station Cloudy 83 N 8 14 1,007
Tiree Clear night 87 NE 8 40 1,006
Valentia Observatory Cloudy 83 NE 6 24 1,002
Valley Overcast 87 NNE 4 24 1,003

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