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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 76 NNW 4 35 1,006
Boulmer Partly cloudy (night) 75 N 5 18 1,005
Donna Nook Clear night 83 NW 12 21 1,002
F3 10° 84 NNE 11 1,002 6 0.4
Kirkwall Airport Overcast 80 NNW 8 40 1,006
Lerwick (S. Screen) Overcast 93 NNW 4 40 1,006
Leuchars Overcast 78 N 3 26 1,006
Lossiemouth Clear night 69 N 4 16 1,006
Manston Overcast 95 NNE 4 9 1,002
Sandettie 10° 84 N 13 10 1,002 6 0.5
Shoeburyness Overcast 92 NNE 4 8 1,002
Weybourne Overcast 81 WNW 14 11 1,002
Wick John O Groats Airport Overcast 87 WSW 3 24 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° 65 NNW 18 1,007
Gascogne
K1
K2 12° 63 1,007
K7 78 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 Overcast 92 W 3 9 1,002
Channel
Culdrose Overcast 87 N 2 26 1,003
E1 10° 75 NW 6 1,003
Greenwich Light Vessel 11° 86 5 1,002 5 0.5
Guernsey Cloudy 10° 83 WSW 8 24 1,004
Jersey Overcast 10° 82 WSW 7 18 1,004
Jersey Buoy
L4
Mount Batten Partly cloudy (night) 83 NNW 4 11 1,003
Needles Old Battery
NW 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 Clear night -1° 72 NE 2 40 1,005
Belmullet Partly cloudy (night) 66 NE 10 16 1,005
Campbeltown Airport Overcast 69 ENE 6 40 1,005
Crosby Overcast 75 E 3 26 1,004
Islay Airport Clear night 74 NE 8 24 1,006
K4 11° 66 NE 16 1,008
K5 10° 77 NNE 19 1,012
M2
M3
M4
M5
Malin Head Cloudy 72 NNE 16 16 1,005
Roches Point Drizzle 92 NNW 10 26 1,001
Ronaldsway Overcast 71 N 5 1,004
Skye/Lusa
South Uist Range Overcast 78 NNE 12 40 1,007
St. Bees Head Clear night -2° 70 ENE 8 40 1,004
Stornoway Airport - Climate Station Overcast 84 N 13 13 1,008
Tiree Partly cloudy (night) 74 NNE 12 24 1,006
Valentia Observatory Light rain 93 NW 14 4 1,003
Valley Cloudy 80 NE 3 21 1,003

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