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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 11° 73 NW 18 35 1,008
Boulmer Overcast 10° 82 W 14 26 1,011
Donna Nook Light rain 87 SW 14 4 1,017
F3 11° 71 SSW 15 26 1,021 6 0.3
Kirkwall Airport Overcast 81 WNW 17 21 1,007
Lerwick (S. Screen) Overcast 88 NW 14 18 1,003
Leuchars Overcast 14° 67 W 15 40 1,009
Lossiemouth Overcast 10° 80 W 15 13 1,009
Manston Sunny day 11° 69 SW 11 18 1,021
Sandettie 10° 11° 69 SW 21 10 1,021 6 0.4
Shoeburyness Overcast 14° -1° 36 W 11 16 1,020
Weybourne Overcast 10° 54 WSW 14 16 1,018
Wick John O Groats Airport Light rain 92 NW 21 15 1,008

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° 75 NE 9 1,026
Gascogne
K1
K2 11° 12° 87 1,028
K7 78 1,006
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° 62 WSW 11 16 1,023
Channel
Culdrose Sunny day 10° 67 WSW 11 26 1,025
E1 10° 73 WSW 15 1,025
Greenwich Light Vessel 10° 12° 70 10 1,023 9 0.3
Guernsey Cloudy 10° 64 WNW 6 32 1,025
Jersey Sunny day 10° 62 WNW 8 26 1,025
Jersey Buoy
L4
Mount Batten Sunny day 12° 66 WSW 10 15 1,025
Needles Old Battery
SW 24
Seven Stones 11° 12° 67 W 10 26 1,026 7 0.7

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 Drizzle 10° 82 W 13 16 1,019
Belmullet Overcast 11° 81 W 12 8 1,023
Campbeltown Airport Drizzle 97 W 22 < 1 1,016
Crosby Light rain 10° 90 W 25 4 1,019
Islay Airport Light rain 10° 98 WNW 20 1 1,017
K4 10° 11° 91 NW 21 1,022
K5 10° 81 WNW 23 1,014
M2
M3
M4
M5
Malin Head Mist 10° 97 W 17 2 1,018
Roches Point Cloudy 12° 82 SSW 8 8 1,024
Ronaldsway Overcast 10° 91 W 13 1,018
Skye/Lusa
South Uist Range Overcast 10° 87 WNW 15 8 1,014
St. Bees Head Light rain 96 W 18 1 1,017
Stornoway Airport - Climate Station Overcast 10° 82 WNW 17 14 1,011
Tiree Light rain 10° 95 WNW 17 < 1 1,015
Valentia Observatory Cloudy 12° 73 NW 6 16 1,026
Valley Light rain 10° 92 SW 16 4 1,020

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