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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 Sunny day 66 NNW 21 16 1,012
Boulmer Overcast 67 NNW 19 18 1,011
Donna Nook Light rain 80 WNW 24 14 1,009
F3 11° 71 NW 31 26 1,008 6 1.7
Kirkwall Airport Cloudy 64 NW 15 21 1,012
Lerwick (S. Screen) Sunny intervals 78 NW 11 16 1,009
Leuchars Sunny intervals 60 N 10 29 1,013
Lossiemouth Sunny day 71 NW 13 13 1,014
Manston Overcast 10° 75 NW 17 16 1,010
Sandettie 11° 73 NW 28 10 1,010 7 1.4
Shoeburyness Overcast 10° 71 WNW 17 15 1,010
Weybourne Light rain 90 NW 29 5 1,007
Wick John O Groats Airport Light rain 74 NNW 16 11 1,013

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° 67 N 21 1,027
Gascogne
K1
K2 11° 10° 11° 94 1,028
K7 -1° 63 1,011
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 Sunny day 11° 69 NW 15 16 1,015
Channel
Culdrose Overcast 78 NW 19 11 1,020
E1 84 NW 22 1,019
Greenwich Light Vessel 10° 11° 71 10 1,013 7 2
Guernsey Cloudy 10° 72 WNW 17 18 1,018
Jersey Overcast 10° 74 NW 14 9 1,018
Jersey Buoy
L4
Mount Batten Overcast 10° 74 NW 12 10 1,018
Needles Old Battery
NNW 26
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 81 NW 9 15 1,017
Belmullet Sunny day 68 NNW 14 10 1,022
Campbeltown Airport Sunny intervals 73 NW 16 11 1,016
Crosby Sunny day 10° 78 NW 23 5 1,014
Islay Airport Sunny intervals 74 NNW 17 16 1,017
K4 11° 67 NNW 20 1,024
K5 10° 67 NNW 25 1,019
M2 10° 82 NW 19 1,017 4 1.6
M3 10° 11° 88 NW 17 1,025 8 4.4
M4 11° 75 NW 19 1,021 8 4.5
M5 10° 74 NW 21 1,021 5 2
Malin Head Sunny intervals 70 N 16 9 1,018
Roches Point Cloudy 76 WNW 21 10 1,022
Ronaldsway Sunny intervals 75 WNW 19 1,014
Skye/Lusa
South Uist Range Sunny day 67 NNW 9 29 1,017
St. Bees Head Sunny day 75 NNW 12 16 1,014
Stornoway Airport - Climate Station Sunny day 67 WNW 9 24 1,016
Tiree Sunny day 74 N 13 16 1,017
Valentia Observatory Cloudy 84 NW 12 12 1,024
Valley Overcast 10° 70 NNW 12 13 1,017

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