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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 89 N 3 29 1,017
Boulmer Cloudy 84 WSW 7 21 1,021
Donna Nook Sunny day 96 W 8 12 1,022
F3 10° 75 NNE 15 26 1,020 6 0.5
Kirkwall Airport Light rain 93 SSW 15 4 1,013
Lerwick (S. Screen) Light rain 89 SW 14 3 1,012
Leuchars Overcast 86 W 7 18 1,019
Lossiemouth Light rain 79 WSW 10 16 1,017
Manston Light rain 90 N 12 16 1,021
Sandettie 10° 71 NNE 20 2 1,020 6 0.4
Shoeburyness Sunny day 96 NNW 7 15 1,022
Weybourne Overcast 68 N 9 11 1,021
Wick John O Groats Airport Light rain 86 WSW 12 9 1,014

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° 81 NNE 15 1,024
Gascogne
K1
K2 11° 12° 76 1,029
K7 86 1,009
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 88 NNW 4 16 1,023
Channel
Culdrose Sunny day 89 NE 7 21 1,024
E1 71 ENE 16 1,024
Greenwich Light Vessel 11° 79 10 1,021 5 0.9
Guernsey Cloudy 76 NNE 8 26 1,023
Jersey Overcast 71 NNE 11 24 1,022
Jersey Buoy
L4
Mount Batten Sunny day 93 NW 4 12 1,024
Needles Old Battery
N 11
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 97 SSW 7 11 1,023
Belmullet Cloudy 79 W 8 10 1,024
Campbeltown Airport Light rain 86 SW 11 12 1,021
Crosby Sunny day 80 SW 6 10 1,024
Islay Airport Light rain 93 SW 13 9 1,021
K4 10° 11° 95 WNW 22 1,022
K5 10° 10° 95 W 25 1,013
M2
M3
M4
M5
Malin Head Light shower (day) 95 SW 14 14 1,021
Roches Point Sunny intervals 88 NW 10 26 1,026
Ronaldsway Overcast 82 NW 4 1,023
Skye/Lusa
South Uist Range Light rain 92 W 15 1 1,017
St. Bees Head Sunny intervals 82 S 8 29 1,023
Stornoway Airport - Climate Station Light rain 95 WSW 12 2 1,015
Tiree Overcast 93 W 10 9 1,019
Valentia Observatory Cloudy 81 N 2 18 1,027
Valley Sunny intervals 96 SE 2 9 1,024

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