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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 Cloudy 87 NW 9 40 1,006
Boulmer Overcast 87 NW 5 16 1,005
Donna Nook Partly cloudy (night) 96 WNW 10 10 1,002
F3 10° 69 NNW 9 1,002 6 0.4
Kirkwall Airport Overcast 87 N 8 35 1,005
Lerwick (S. Screen) Overcast 81 NNW 2 40 1,005
Leuchars Cloudy 88 NW 3 26 1,005
Lossiemouth Overcast 94 WSW 7 16 1,006
Manston Overcast 90 N 4 16 1,003
Sandettie 10° 65 N 7 26 1,002 6 0.4
Shoeburyness Mist 96 NNW 3 2 1,003
Weybourne Cloudy 87 WNW 10 11 1,001
Wick John O Groats Airport Overcast 95 W 7 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 1,004
Gascogne
K1
K2 12° 79 1,005
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 Mist 99 NNE 3 3 1,002
Channel
Culdrose Light rain 95 E 7 14 1,000
E1 10° 78 E 8 1,001
Greenwich Light Vessel 11° 78 10 1,002 6 0.4
Guernsey Cloudy 97 SSW 6 10 1,002
Jersey Overcast 91 SSW 7 8 1,002
Jersey Buoy
L4
Mount Batten Overcast 86 E 3 11 1,001
Needles Old Battery
SE 7
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 E 4 40 1,005
Belmullet Light shower (night) 75 NNE 10 9 1,006
Campbeltown Airport Light rain 79 E 5 26 1,005
Crosby Clear night 91 ENE 6 15 1,004
Islay Airport Overcast 80 E 7 24 1,006
K4 11° 72 NNE 18 1,008
K5 10° 74 N 22 1,011
M2 10° 77 NNE 21 1,004 4 0.9
M3 11° 91 NW 12 1,001 7 3.4
M4 11° 66 NE 14 1,007 7 2.8
M5 12° 92 E 16 1,001 4 1.1
Malin Head Cloudy 79 N 12 24 1,005
Roches Point Overcast 91 NE 12 26 1,001
Ronaldsway Cloudy 74 NNE 8 1,004
Skye/Lusa
South Uist Range Clear night 87 NNE 10 35 1,007
St. Bees Head Clear night -1° 84 ENE 9 32 1,005
Stornoway Airport - Climate Station Cloudy 84 N 10 8 1,007
Tiree Partly cloudy (night) 84 NE 8 29 1,006
Valentia Observatory Overcast 82 ENE 4 16 1,002
Valley Partly cloudy (night) 82 NE 7 26 1,003

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