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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 71 NW 9 40 1,006
Boulmer Sunny day 63 NE 10 21 1,006
Donna Nook Cloudy 77 NNE 11 18 1,005
F3 11° 68 NW 4 1,005 6 0.4
Kirkwall Airport Sunny day 68 NE 5 40 1,006
Lerwick (S. Screen) Light rain 72 SE 5 32 1,006
Leuchars Overcast 60 E 7 40 1,007
Lossiemouth Overcast 78 WNW 8 12 1,007
Manston Overcast 73 NNW 5 16 1,005
Sandettie 10° 68 NNE 6 26 1,005 6 0.4
Shoeburyness Sunny intervals 63 N 3 16 1,004
Weybourne Light rain 81 N 7 18 1,004
Wick John O Groats Airport Light rain 81 NNE 6 2 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° 58 WNW 10 1,005
Gascogne
K1
K2 10° 12° 65 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 Mist 10° 83 ENE 8 5 1,003
Channel
Culdrose Overcast 10° 93 E 13 24 1,000
E1 10° 89 E 15 1,001
Greenwich Light Vessel 11° 82 10 1,003 6 0.3
Guernsey Cloudy 11° 80 E 2 24 1,002
Jersey Overcast 10° 88 WSW 6 21 1,002
Jersey Buoy
L4
Mount Batten Light rain 88 E 7 3 1,002
Needles Old Battery
E 6
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 Light rain 77 N 3 16 1,007
Belmullet Sunny intervals 10° 65 NNE 12 18 1,007
Campbeltown Airport Light rain 64 N 3 15 1,007
Crosby Cloudy 62 NE 4 14 1,005
Islay Airport Overcast 69 NW 3 26 1,007
K4 11° 80 N 21 1,010
K5 10° 75 N 19 1,012
M2 10° 67 NE 10 1,006 4 0.5
M3 11° 80 NNE 16 1,004 7 2.7
M4 11° 66 NNE 12 1,008 8 2.9
M5 11° 78 ENE 19 1,003 5 1.3
Malin Head 73 ENE 6 14 1,007
Roches Point Cloudy 69 NE 14 18 1,004
Ronaldsway Sunny intervals 66 ENE 13 1,006
Skye/Lusa
South Uist Range Overcast 59 NNE 11 40 1,008
St. Bees Head Sunny intervals 59 NE 8 40 1,006
Stornoway Airport - Climate Station Overcast 73 N 11 15 1,008
Tiree Sunny intervals 70 NNE 10 24 1,008
Valentia Observatory Cloudy 10° 64 NNE 10 21 1,005
Valley Sunny day 55 NE 12 4 1,005

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