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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 79 S 2 35 1,008
Boulmer Partly cloudy (night) 87 W 3 16 1,008
Donna Nook Partly cloudy (night) 82 ENE 11 18 1,006
F3 11° 68 ENE 17 1,005 6 0.3
Kirkwall Airport Overcast 88 S 6 40 1,007
Lerwick (S. Screen) Partly cloudy (night) 82 S 8 40 1,008
Leuchars Overcast 73 SE 5 29 1,008
Lossiemouth Overcast 76 SE 3 18 1,007
Manston Overcast 75 E 10 18 1,004
Sandettie 10° 87 E 19 2 1,005 6 0.3
Shoeburyness Overcast 67 E 9 21 1,004
Weybourne Clear night 86 ENE 7 16 1,006
Wick John O Groats Airport Partly cloudy (night) 91 WSW 2 24 1,007

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° 68 WSW 13 1,002
Gascogne
K1
K2 10° 12° 68 1,009
K7 86 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 93 E 8 5 1,003
Channel
Culdrose Clear night 94 ENE 3 16 1,001
E1 10° 84 NNE 5 1,001
Greenwich Light Vessel 10° 11° 90 2 1,002 6 0.4
Guernsey Cloudy 90 WSW 3 21 1,002
Jersey Overcast 84 W 5 16 1,002
Jersey Buoy
L4
Mount Batten Light rain 95 ENE 7 3 1,001
Needles Old Battery
ENE 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 Clear night -1° 76 ENE 3 24 1,007
Belmullet Clear night 69 NNE 8 21 1,008
Campbeltown Airport Clear night 85 SSE 4 35 1,007
Crosby Overcast 75 ESE 6 18 1,006
Islay Airport Cloudy 87 ENE 2 26 1,008
K4 11° 73 NNE 17 1,010
K5 10° 71 N 21 1,011
M2 10° 63 NE 10 1,006 3 0.4
M3 10° 11° 70 N 16 1,006 7 2.8
M4 11° 72 N 16 1,009 8 2.6
M5 11° 70 NNE 19 1,004 5 1.4
Malin Head Partly cloudy (night) 75 NNE 10 14 1,008
Roches Point Partly cloudy (night) 76 NNE 6 26 1,005
Ronaldsway Partly cloudy (night) 70 N 7 1,006
Skye/Lusa
South Uist Range Partly cloudy (night) 81 NNE 8 24 1,007
St. Bees Head Overcast 75 SE 6 32 1,007
Stornoway Airport - Climate Station Overcast 84 NW 4 26 1,007
Tiree Clear night 80 N 6 24 1,008
Valentia Observatory Cloudy 67 ENE 6 26 1,006
Valley Overcast 75 NE 7 26 1,005

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