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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 Light rain 70 NNW 16 29 1,018
Boulmer Overcast 10° 54 NNW 14 6 1,018
Donna Nook Sunny day 10° 64 NNW 27 10 1,017
F3 11° 78 N 22 26 1,014 5 1
Kirkwall Airport Overcast -2° 58 NNW 25 18 1,019
Lerwick (S. Screen) Overcast -3° 63 NNW 24 21 1,015
Leuchars Overcast 11° -2° 39 N 17 15 1,019
Lossiemouth Cloudy 58 N 19 11 1,020
Manston Overcast 13° 10° 79 WNW 15 18 1,014
Sandettie 11° 11° 76 NW 21 10 1,014 5 0.9
Shoeburyness
Weybourne Overcast 10° 75 NNW 24 7 1,015
Wick John O Groats Airport Sunny intervals 59 N 24 12 1,019

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° 72 NE 10 1,026
Gascogne
K1
K2 10° 12° 79 1,028
K7 -2° 60 1,020
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 14° 72 WNW 13 21 1,019
Channel
Culdrose Overcast 12° 78 NW 12 26 1,023
E1 12° 82 NW 15 1,023
Greenwich Light Vessel 12° 11° 84 5 1,017 6 1.1
Guernsey Cloudy 12° 81 W 17 21 1,021
Jersey Overcast 12° 76 WNW 16 12 1,021
Jersey Buoy
L4
Mount Batten Overcast 12° 75 NW 13 16 1,022
Needles Old Battery
NW 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 Overcast 11° 70 NW 11 21 1,022
Belmullet Cloudy 12° 10° 89 N 8 16 1,025
Campbeltown Airport Sunny day 11° 72 NW 14 10 1,021
Crosby Sunny day 12° 76 NW 23 7 1,019
Islay Airport Sunny intervals 11° 64 NNW 17 21 1,022
K4 10° 10° 11° 95 N 7 1,026
K5 10° 71 NW 11 1,024
M2 10° 10° 84 WNW 8 1,022 4 0.9
M3 10° 11° 90 NNW 14 1,026 6 1.6
M4
M5 11° 11° 84 W 10 1,024 4 0.8
Malin Head Overcast 10° 80 NNW 10 16 1,023
Roches Point Overcast 12° 78 NNW 17 24 1,024
Ronaldsway Sunny day 11° 65 NW 14 1,021
Skye/Lusa
South Uist Range Sunny day 10° 71 WNW 9 21 1,022
St. Bees Head Cloudy 10° 72 NNE 10 40 1,019
Stornoway Airport - Climate Station Overcast 60 N 9 14 1,022
Tiree Sunny day 10° 71 N 12 16 1,022
Valentia Observatory Overcast 11° 86 NNW 10 18 1,026
Valley Cloudy 12° 71 NNW 15 12 1,021

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