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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 78 N 3 40 1,006
Boulmer Partly cloudy (night) 76 N 5 18 1,005
Donna Nook Cloudy 83 NW 13 18 1,002
F3 10° 85 N 14 1,002 6 0.4
Kirkwall Airport Partly cloudy (night) 76 N 8 40 1,006
Lerwick (S. Screen) Overcast 91 N 6 40 1,006
Leuchars Overcast 75 ENE 4 26 1,005
Lossiemouth Overcast 66 NE 5 16 1,006
Manston Overcast 98 N 5 9 1,002
Sandettie
Shoeburyness Mist 95 NE 3 4 1,002
Weybourne Partly cloudy (night) 77 WNW 14 12 1,002
Wick John O Groats Airport Overcast 87 NW 6 21 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 11° 71 NNW 21 1,007
Gascogne
K1
K2 12° 60 1,007
K7 76 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 Light rain 87 WNW 5 10 1,002
Channel
Culdrose Overcast 89 NNW 3 24 1,003
E1 11° 74 NW 7 1,003
Greenwich Light Vessel 11° 80 2 1,002 5 0.6
Guernsey Cloudy 10° 80 WSW 9 24 1,004
Jersey Overcast 10° 79 W 7 18 1,004
Jersey Buoy
L4
Mount Batten Overcast 77 N 5 10 1,003
Needles Old Battery
NNW 10
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 -1° 63 NNE 2 40 1,004
Belmullet Partly cloudy (night) 63 NE 12 21 1,005
Campbeltown Airport Overcast 65 ESE 4 40 1,005
Crosby Overcast 73 ESE 2 29 1,003
Islay Airport Partly cloudy (night) 75 NNE 9 24 1,005
K4 11° 64 NE 18 1,008
K5 10° 78 NNE 19 1,012
M2
M3
M4
M5
Malin Head Clear night
NNE 16 16 1,005
Roches Point Light shower (night) 92 NW 10 26 1,002
Ronaldsway Cloudy 65 N 7 1,004
Skye/Lusa
South Uist Range Clear night 77 NNE 11 40 1,007
St. Bees Head Clear night -1° 64 ENE 11 35 1,004
Stornoway Airport - Climate Station Partly cloudy (night) 83 N 11 12 1,008
Tiree Clear night 77 NE 11 26 1,006
Valentia Observatory Light rain 93 NW 12 2 1,003
Valley Overcast 77 N 3 24 1,003

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