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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 65 NNE 7 40 1,005
Boulmer Cloudy 73 NNE 10 16 1,004
Donna Nook Sunny intervals 70 NNW 17 16 1,002
F3 11° 72 NNW 9 1,002 6 0.7
Kirkwall Airport Sunny day 62 NNE 8 40 1,006
Lerwick (S. Screen) Overcast 70 NNE 7 40 1,005
Leuchars Overcast 68 E 6 26 1,005
Lossiemouth Overcast 60 NNE 7 18 1,006
Manston Light rain 92 WNW 9 6 1,002
Sandettie 10° 10° 71 W 22 10 1,002 6 0.7
Shoeburyness Light rain 92 NW 5 < 1 1,002
Weybourne Cloudy 75 NW 13 13 1,002
Wick John O Groats Airport Cloudy 71 NNE 9 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 12° 84 W 13 1,006
Gascogne
K1
K2 12° 65 1,008
K7 77 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 94 W 4 5 1,002
Channel
Culdrose Overcast 10° 74 WNW 8 21 1,004
E1 11° 75 WNW 10 1,003
Greenwich Light Vessel 11° 11° 72 10 1,003 5 0.8
Guernsey Cloudy 10° 75 W 10 24 1,005
Jersey Overcast 10° 73 WNW 8 16 1,004
Jersey Buoy
L4
Mount Batten Light rain 10° 80 NNW 10 10 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 Overcast -1° 50 NE 7 40 1,004
Belmullet Sunny intervals 66 NNE 14 18 1,005
Campbeltown Airport Overcast 60 NW 7 40 1,004
Crosby Sunny day 67 NW 11 29 1,003
Islay Airport Overcast 10° 49 N 11 24 1,005
K4 12° 72 ENE 19 1,007
K5 10° 67 NNE 14 1,011
M2 10° 67 NE 10 1,004 3 0.5
M3 11° 71 NW 21 1,005 6 2.7
M4 11° 64 NE 16 1,005 4 1.4
M5 10° 12° 79 WSW 8 1,003 4 0.6
Malin Head 62 NNE 14 21 1,005
Roches Point Light shower (day) 10° 92 WSW 8 21 1,002
Ronaldsway Sunny day 62 SSW 2 1,003
Skye/Lusa
South Uist Range Cloudy 71 NNE 17 21 1,007
St. Bees Head Overcast -1° 53 NE 10 40 1,003
Stornoway Airport - Climate Station Sunny intervals 72 N 13 12 1,007
Tiree Sunny day 65 NNE 16 29 1,005
Valentia Observatory Light rain 88 NW 12 6 1,004
Valley Overcast 70 NNE 7 32 1,003

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