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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 73 N 10 18 1,024
Boulmer Overcast 76 N 11 9 1,023
Donna Nook
F3 11° 75 N 26 26 1,019 5 0.6
Kirkwall Airport Overcast 64 N 15 21 1,025
Lerwick (S. Screen) Overcast -1° 67 N 15 21 1,024
Leuchars Cloudy 62 NNE 10 16 1,024
Lossiemouth Cloudy 66 N 14 10 1,025
Manston Overcast 72 N 12 16 1,020
Sandettie 10° 70 N 24 10 1,019 4 0.7
Shoeburyness Cloudy 79 NNW 6 16 1,021
Weybourne Overcast 82 NW 19 9 1,020
Wick John O Groats Airport Overcast 69 N 11 15 1,025

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° 79 N 8 1,027
Gascogne
K1
K2 11° 13° 80 1,030
K7 68 1,026
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 Partly cloudy (night) 67 N 4 26 1,022
Channel
Culdrose Partly cloudy (night) 10° 86 NW 6 15 1,024
E1 11° 74 NNW 19 1,023
Greenwich Light Vessel 10° 11° 71 10 1,021 26 0.2
Guernsey Cloudy 93 N 3 16 1,022
Jersey Mist 90 NW 2 4 1,022
Jersey Buoy
L4
Mount Batten Clear night 10° 80 NW 14 10 1,023
Needles Old Battery
NNE 16
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 72 NW 8 16 1,025
Belmullet Cloudy 91 NNW 4 11 1,028
Campbeltown Airport Clear night 79 NW 10 10 1,024
Crosby Overcast 78 NW 15 14 1,023
Islay Airport Clear night 81 NNW 13 12 1,025
K4 11° 11° 75 N 10 1,029
K5 10° 77 N 8 1,029
M2 10° 75 N 6 1,024 4 0.4
M3 11° 12° 87 N 16 1,027 4 1.2
M4 10° 11° 88 N 10 1,028 5 1.3
M5 10° 12° 77 ESE 6 1,025 5 0.8
Malin Head 75 NNW 16 14 1,026
Roches Point 13° 73 NW 17 26 1,025
Ronaldsway Clear night 79 NW 11 1,024
Skye/Lusa
South Uist Range Clear night 75 NE 8 15 1,027
St. Bees Head Overcast 81 WNW 9 12 1,022
Stornoway Airport - Climate Station Clear night 75 N 9 10 1,027
Tiree Clear night 73 N 15 12 1,026
Valentia Observatory Cloudy 11° 83 N 10 26 1,027
Valley Clear night 74 NNW 4 14 1,024

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