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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 77 NW 12 12 1,013
Boulmer Overcast 77 NW 14 21 1,013
Donna Nook Overcast 83 W 14 21 1,012
F3 10° 11° 85 W 28 26 1,013 6 1.1
Kirkwall Airport Overcast 75 NNW 19 15 1,013
Lerwick (S. Screen) Overcast -1° 74 NNW 21 13 1,010
Leuchars Overcast 74 N 1 35 1,014
Lossiemouth Overcast 72 NNW 13 10 1,015
Manston Overcast 10° 90 W 14 14 1,015
Sandettie 10° 11° 84 W 21 10 1,014 6 0.9
Shoeburyness Overcast 10° 87 W 10 12 1,015
Weybourne Overcast 85 W 18 18 1,011
Wick John O Groats Airport Light rain 87 NNW 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 11° 73 NE 7 1,025
Gascogne
K1
K2 10° 12° 74 1,027
K7 -1° 67 1,014
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 Overcast 10° 85 W 7 14 1,019
Channel
Culdrose Overcast 10° 87 NW 7 14 1,023
E1 11° 84 NW 16 1,022
Greenwich Light Vessel 11° 11° 84 5 1,017 6 1.1
Guernsey Cloudy 10° 86 WNW 12 18 1,022
Jersey Overcast 10° 83 WNW 15 14 1,022
Jersey Buoy
L4
Mount Batten Overcast 10° 85 NW 8 9 1,022
Needles Old Battery
WNW 21
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 Light rain 97 NW 9 13 1,019
Belmullet Cloudy 10° 96 WNW 10 9 1,023
Campbeltown Airport Overcast 82 NW 17 12 1,017
Crosby Light rain 93 NW 24 1 1,017
Islay Airport Overcast 88 NW 14 12 1,018
K4 10° 10° 11° 95 NNW 16 1,023
K5 10° 75 NNW 15 1,019
M2 10° 10° 89 WNW 17 1,019 4 1.1
M3 10° 11° 91 NW 14 1,025 6 2
M4 10° 11° 89 NW 16 1,022 6 2.7
M5 10° 10° 87 W 12 1,022 4 0.9
Malin Head Light shower (day) 92 NW 16 7 1,019
Roches Point Cloudy 10° 85 NW 14 26 1,023
Ronaldsway Cloudy 95 WNW 11 1,017
Skye/Lusa
South Uist Range Overcast 81 NNW 10 8 1,018
St. Bees Head Overcast 91 WNW 21 11 1,015
Stornoway Airport - Climate Station Overcast 84 N 8 11 1,017
Tiree Overcast 81 NNW 14 11 1,018
Valentia Observatory Cloudy 95 NNW 4 26 1,025
Valley Overcast 10° 90 W 14 16 1,019

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