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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 80 NW 13 8 1,010
Boulmer Overcast 11° 76 W 18 26 1,011
Donna Nook Light rain 93 SW 15 4 1,015
F3 10° 11° 71 WSW 24 26 1,019 5 0.6
Kirkwall Airport Cloudy 89 WNW 11 16 1,008
Lerwick (S. Screen) Overcast 74 NW 16 18 1,005
Leuchars Overcast 12° 66 WNW 10 40 1,011
Lossiemouth Light rain 87 W 15 11 1,010
Manston Overcast 73 WSW 13 18 1,020
Sandettie 10° 11° 73 WSW 28 10 1,020 5 0.7
Shoeburyness Light rain 68 W 14 5 1,020
Weybourne Light rain 95 SW 17 5 1,016
Wick John O Groats Airport Overcast 93 WNW 13 10 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 8 1,027
Gascogne
K1
K2 11° 10° 12° 92 1,028
K7 70 1,008
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 79 W 8 16 1,023
Channel
Culdrose Clear night 81 W 8 21 1,025
E1 11° 69 W 13 1,025
Greenwich Light Vessel 10° 11° 73 10 1,022 6 0.3
Guernsey Partly cloudy (night) 87 W 7 32 1,025
Jersey Clear night 78 WNW 8 21 1,025
Jersey Buoy
L4
Mount Batten Overcast 79 W 8 14 1,024
Needles Old Battery
WSW 18
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 93 WSW 12 10 1,019
Belmullet Overcast 10° 93 W 10 7 1,023
Campbeltown Airport Light rain 97 WNW 22 2 1,016
Crosby Overcast 10° 92 W 24 3 1,018
Islay Airport Overcast 97 WNW 16 5 1,017
K4 10° 11° 93 NW 18 1,023
K5 10° 81 NW 18 1,015
M2 11° 10° 80 WNW 16 1,020 3 0.8
M3 11° 11° 80 NW 12 1,027 6 1.7
M4 11° 11° 89 WNW 16 1,021 6 3.1
M5 11° 11° 90 W 17 1,023 4 1.2
Malin Head Overcast 10° 96 W 19 6 1,018
Roches Point 10° 71 WNW 16 24 1,024
Ronaldsway Overcast 10° 83 W 15 1,018
Skye/Lusa
South Uist Range Light rain 82 WNW 15 2 1,014
St. Bees Head Drizzle 98 W 25 < 1 1,016
Stornoway Airport - Climate Station Overcast 88 W 17 16 1,012
Tiree Overcast 87 NW 16 8 1,016
Valentia Observatory Overcast 10° 71 NW 10 18 1,026
Valley Overcast 11° 88 WSW 14 11 1,020

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