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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 -1° 68 NW 10 18 1,026
Boulmer Clear night 65 N 10 13 1,025
Donna Nook Overcast 74 NNW 28 6 1,024
F3 11° 74 N 26 26 1,021 7 1.9
Kirkwall Airport Overcast -1° 68 NNW 13 18 1,026
Lerwick (S. Screen) Overcast -3° 65 NNW 10 18 1,024
Leuchars Clear night -2° 74 W 4 21 1,026
Lossiemouth Overcast 66 N 7 12 1,027
Manston Overcast 62 N 17 16 1,023
Sandettie
Shoeburyness Overcast 70 NNW 13 12 1,023
Weybourne Overcast 75 N 18 7 1,022
Wick John O Groats Airport Overcast -1° 69 N 10 12 1,026

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° 84 ENE 13 1,025
Gascogne
K1
K2 10° 12° 93 1,028
K7 -3° 58 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 Clear night 89 N 5 21 1,024
Channel
Culdrose Clear night 95 N 6 15 1,025
E1 11° 87 NNW 13 1,025
Greenwich Light Vessel 10° 11° 50 10 1,023 6 0.5
Guernsey Clear night 10° 86 NNW 8 26 1,023
Jersey Clear night 10° 84 N 10 16 1,023
Jersey Buoy
L4
Mount Batten Clear night 82 NE 6 15 1,025
Needles Old Battery
NE 5
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 91 NNE 3 12 1,028
Belmullet
Campbeltown Airport Clear night 82 WNW 4 8 1,027
Crosby Clear night 78 ESE 2 10 1,026
Islay Airport Mist 92 NE 6 7 1,028
K4 10° 11° 89 SSE 2 1,028
K5
M2
M3
M4
M5
Malin Head
Roches Point
Ronaldsway Clear night 80 N 9 1,026
Skye/Lusa
South Uist Range Partly cloudy (night) 75 NW 4 40 1,027
St. Bees Head Clear night -1° 66 ENE 5 24 1,026
Stornoway Airport - Climate Station Overcast 91 SW 4 18 1,027
Tiree Clear night 87 NNW 6 18 1,027
Valentia Observatory
Valley Clear night 86 NNW 7 11 1,026

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