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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 -1° 83 N 2 35 1,006
Boulmer Cloudy 81 NW 4 18 1,005
Donna Nook Cloudy 89 W 8 16 1,002
F3 10° 78 NE 5 1,002 5 0.6
Kirkwall Airport Overcast 89 W 3 40 1,006
Lerwick (S. Screen) Overcast 93 N 5 40 1,005
Leuchars Overcast 84 NNW 5 32 1,006
Lossiemouth Overcast 93 N 2 16 1,006
Manston Overcast 93 NE 1 12 1,002
Sandettie 10° 81 NNE 6 10 1,002 5 0.5
Shoeburyness Cloudy 93 N 4 5 1,002
Weybourne Cloudy 84 WNW 15 13 1,001
Wick John O Groats Airport Clear night 91 W 5 24 1,006

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° 62 NNW 17 1,006
Gascogne
K1
K2 12° 60 1,007
K7 70 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 Drizzle 94 W 2 8 1,002
Channel
Culdrose Overcast 93 E 4 16 1,002
E1 10° 78 ENE 5 1,003
Greenwich Light Vessel 11° 87 2 1,002 6 0.6
Guernsey Heavy shower (night) 95 W 10 4 1,003
Jersey Overcast 10° 85 SW 8 16 1,003
Jersey Buoy
L4
Mount Batten Overcast 88 NE 3 9 1,002
Needles Old Battery
WNW 4
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 74 NNE 3 40 1,005
Belmullet Cloudy 68 ENE 8 16 1,006
Campbeltown Airport Cloudy 75 E 8 40 1,005
Crosby Overcast 85 E 4 18 1,004
Islay Airport Overcast 79 N 3 26 1,006
K4 11° 70 NE 15 1,009
K5 10° 73 N 19 1,012
M2 10° 63 NE 12 1,003 3 0.4
M3 11° 81 NW 19 1,003 8 3.6
M4 11° 65 NE 17 1,007 6 2.5
M5 12° 92 SE 10 1,002 5 0.6
Malin Head Partly cloudy (night) 73 NNE 12 21 1,005
Roches Point Cloudy 92 NNW 8 26 1,001
Ronaldsway Overcast 68 N 9 1,004
Skye/Lusa
South Uist Range Clear night 82 NNE 10 40 1,007
St. Bees Head Clear night -1° 79 ENE 9 35 1,005
Stornoway Airport - Climate Station Overcast 82 NNE 13 14 1,008
Tiree Partly cloudy (night) 79 NNE 11 32 1,006
Valentia Observatory Heavy rain 94 NNE 6 11 1,002
Valley Overcast 83 E 5 18 1,003

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