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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 Mist 10° 95 WSW 3 3 1,030
Boulmer Overcast 13° 12° 97 N 4 5 1,029
Donna Nook Mist 15° 14° 92 N 11 2 1,026
F3 18° 15° 18° 86 ENE 15 1,021 5 0.9
Kirkwall Airport Overcast 11° 90 ESE 5 24 1,030
Lerwick (S. Screen) Overcast 10° 98 SSE 5 16 1,032
Leuchars Overcast 11° 88 NNE 5 6 1,030
Lossiemouth Overcast 93 SE 5 11 1,030
Manston Mist 17° 15° 89 NE 6 3 1,021
Sandettie 18° 15° 18° 86 ENE 16 2 1,020 5 0.9
Shoeburyness Mist 16° 15° 93 N 10 2 1,022
Weybourne Overcast 16° 15° 94 NE 11 1,024
Wick John O Groats Airport Overcast 11° 87 SE 9 15 1,030

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 18° 17° 18° 93 ENE 14 1,016
Gascogne
K1
K2 15° 14° 16° 91 E 8 1,023
K7
M6
Pap 17° 15° 18° 88 ESE 13 1,021

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 15° 12° 86 NE 10 5 1,021
Channel
Culdrose Clear night 15° 13° 85 ENE 12 6 1,020
E1 16° 14° 85 ENE 19 1,020
Greenwich Light Vessel 18° 16° 18° 90 1 1,019 5 0.6
Guernsey Mist 17° 16° 95 NE 14 3 1,018
Jersey Mist 17° 16° 90 NE 15 2 1,017
Jersey Buoy
L4
Mount Batten Mist 15° 11° 77 ENE 10 4 1,020
Needles Old Battery
NNE 25
Seven Stones 16° 15° 15° 91 ENE 14 2 1,019 8 1

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 Clear night 12° 11° 94 NE 7 6 1,027
Belmullet
Campbeltown Airport Clear night 89 E 5 29 1,027
Crosby Mist 10° 94 E 4 3 1,026
Islay Airport Clear night 11° 71 ENE 5 32 1,027
K4 12° 12° 14° 96 ENE 10 1,027
K5 11° 11° 13° 99 1,029
M2
M3
M4
M5
Malin Head
Roches Point
Ronaldsway Mist 14° 13° 93 E 9 4 1,026
Skye/Lusa
South Uist Range Light rain 12° 11° 99 E 8 < 1 1,028
St. Bees Head Clear night 10° 89 S 3 9 1,026
Stornoway Airport - Climate Station Fog 10° 10° 100 NNW 4 < 1 1,028
Tiree Light rain 10° 10° 97 NNE 3 11 1,028
Valentia Observatory
Valley Mist 14° 12° 90 ENE 12 3 1,024

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