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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 Cloudy 89 N 1 24 1,008
Boulmer Clear night 92 W 4 15 1,008
Donna Nook Clear night 83 ENE 10 14 1,006
F3 11° 91 E 17 1,003 5 0.5
Kirkwall Airport Clear night 90 S 6 40 1,007
Lerwick (S. Screen) Partly cloudy (night) 82 S 7 40 1,008
Leuchars Overcast 76 SE 3 26 1,008
Lossiemouth Overcast 87 S 3 18 1,007
Manston Light rain 97 E 9 4 1,003
Sandettie 10° 89 E 16 2 1,002 5 0.4
Shoeburyness Light rain 85 ENE 9 5 1,004
Weybourne Cloudy 94 ESE 4 18 1,006
Wick John O Groats Airport Cloudy 85 SSW 4 21 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° 76 W 12 1,000
Gascogne
K1
K2 10° 12° 70 1,008
K7 84 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 95 NE 9 2 1,002
Channel
Culdrose Overcast 97 N 3 9 1,001
E1 87 N 4 1,001
Greenwich Light Vessel 11° 11° 89 5 1,001 6 0.6
Guernsey Partly cloudy (night) 91 SW 5 21 1,002
Jersey Partly cloudy (night) 84 W 4 18 1,001
Jersey Buoy
L4
Mount Batten Overcast 96 NNW 1 8 1,000
Needles Old Battery
NNE 13
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 Clear night 92 ENE 2 21 1,007
Belmullet 78 NNE 6 21 1,008
Campbeltown Airport Clear night -2° 87 E 4 40 1,007
Crosby Overcast 87 NE 5 11 1,006
Islay Airport Clear night -1° 92 Calm 24 1,008
K4 11° 67 N 19 1,010
K5 10° 75 N 17 1,010
M2 10° 68 ENE 12 1,005 3 0.7
M3 11° 75 N 16 1,006 8 3.1
M4 11° 69 NNW 8 1,008 7 2.2
M5 11° 75 NNE 17 1,004 4 1.4
Malin Head Partly cloudy (night) 74 NNE 4 21 1,007
Roches Point 80 N 10 26 1,005
Ronaldsway Overcast 78 E 11 1,006
Skye/Lusa
South Uist Range Overcast 85 N 4 40 1,007
St. Bees Head Overcast 77 NE 4 26 1,007
Stornoway Airport - Climate Station Overcast 91 W 3 26 1,007
Tiree Overcast 84 NW 3 24 1,007
Valentia Observatory 74 NE 6 26 1,006
Valley Overcast 80 ENE 6 13 1,005

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