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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 72 SW 5 40 1,007
Boulmer Sunny day 68 NE 8 21 1,007
Donna Nook Cloudy 72 NNE 11 21 1,006
F3 11° 62 ENE 1 1,005 6 0.4
Kirkwall Airport Light rain 88 SSW 6 26 1,007
Lerwick (S. Screen) Sunny day 65 SSE 8 40 1,007
Leuchars Sunny day 59 ESE 11 32 1,007
Lossiemouth Sunny intervals 64 N 7 18 1,007
Manston Sunny intervals 10° 66 SE 9 18 1,005
Sandettie 11° 68 ENE 5 26 1,005 6 0.3
Shoeburyness Sunny day 11° 60 SE 8 16 1,004
Weybourne Sunny day 10° 69 NE 9 18 1,005
Wick John O Groats Airport Overcast 78 W 6 32 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° 64 W 8 1,004
Gascogne
K1
K2 11° 12° 66 1,008
K7 82 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 11° 63 ESE 10 16 1,003
Channel
Culdrose Sunny intervals 12° 73 WSW 9 35 1,000
E1 10° 87 ESE 8 1,001
Greenwich Light Vessel 11° 89 5 1,003 7 0.3
Guernsey Cloudy 11° 83 S 8 21 1,002
Jersey Light rain 10° 89 S 6 12 1,002
Jersey Buoy
L4
Mount Batten Light rain 92 E 9 4 1,002
Needles Old Battery
E 11
Seven Stones 10° 12° 84 NW 3 26 1,000 8 2.1

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 NW 5 40 1,007
Belmullet Sunny intervals 12° 52 NNE 16 16 1,008
Campbeltown Airport Sunny intervals 73 W 8 35 1,007
Crosby Overcast 67 N 11 40 1,005
Islay Airport Overcast 10° 59 SSE 6 24 1,007
K4 11° 73 NNE 18 1,011
K5 10° 66 N 19 1,012
M2 10° 64 NNE 10 1,006 3 0.7
M3 11° 11° 70 N 17 1,005 8 3.4
M4 11° 63 NNE 14 1,009 7 2.5
M5 11° 75 NE 21 1,004 4 1.5
Malin Head 62 NNE 10 18 1,008
Roches Point Cloudy 57 ENE 14 24 1,005
Ronaldsway Sunny day -1° 47 E 3 1,006
Skye/Lusa
South Uist Range Overcast 65 NNW 13 40 1,008
St. Bees Head Cloudy 62 NW 10 40 1,006
Stornoway Airport - Climate Station Overcast 58 NNW 6 40 1,008
Tiree Sunny day 66 N 11 26 1,008
Valentia Observatory Cloudy 11° 56 NNE 12 24 1,006
Valley Overcast 10° 56 NNE 10 32 1,005

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