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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 73 NW 7 16 1,027
Boulmer Clear night 81 WNW 7 12 1,027
Donna Nook Overcast 71 NNW 20 8 1,025
F3 10° 70 NNW 25 26 1,022 7 1.7
Kirkwall Airport Overcast -1° 67 N 7 18 1,027
Lerwick (S. Screen) Overcast -4° 63 N 12 26 1,026
Leuchars Cloudy -2° 80 W 4 18 1,028
Lossiemouth Overcast 80 WSW 5 12 1,028
Manston Overcast 75 NNW 16 13 1,024
Sandettie 10° 67 N 26 10 1,023 6 1.5
Shoeburyness Overcast 75 NW 12 11 1,024
Weybourne Cloudy 61 N 22 9 1,024
Wick John O Groats Airport Overcast 85 NW 4 11 1,027

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° 87 ENE 13 1,025
Gascogne
K1
K2 10° 12° 90 1,028
K7 -3° 59 1,027
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 Partly cloudy (night) 76 NE 5 16 1,027
Channel
Culdrose Clear night 91 NNE 7 15 1,026
E1
Greenwich Light Vessel 11° 56 10 1,025 5 0.5
Guernsey Clear night 91 E 6 26 1,025
Jersey Clear night 89 E 9 16 1,024
Jersey Buoy
L4
Mount Batten Clear night 87 Calm 11 1,026
Needles Old Battery
N 11
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 92 E 2 15 1,029
Belmullet
Campbeltown Airport Overcast 92 SE 3 21 1,028
Crosby Clear night 83 ESE 3 8 1,028
Islay Airport Overcast 94 N 3 12 1,029
K4 10° 11° 86 S 6 1,028
K5
M2
M3
M4
M5
Malin Head
Roches Point
Ronaldsway Clear night 87 N 5 1,028
Skye/Lusa
South Uist Range Overcast 74 NW 4 18 1,028
St. Bees Head Clear night -3° 67 E 4 26 1,028
Stornoway Airport - Climate Station Overcast 91 W 5 24 1,027
Tiree Overcast 89 NNW 4 18 1,028
Valentia Observatory
Valley Clear night 94 E 4 8 1,027

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