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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 72 NNW 13 14 1,014
Boulmer Overcast 73 N 15 15 1,014
Donna Nook Overcast 10° 81 W 15 21 1,012
F3 11° 11° 83 W 27 26 1,013 5 1
Kirkwall Airport Overcast 73 NNW 22 16 1,014
Lerwick (S. Screen) Overcast -2° 71 NNW 21 15 1,011
Leuchars Sunny intervals 68 N 1 35 1,015
Lossiemouth Overcast 75 WNW 11 11 1,016
Manston Overcast 10° 84 W 15 16 1,014
Sandettie 11° 11° 83 W 19 10 1,014 6 0.8
Shoeburyness Overcast 11° 81 W 11 14 1,014
Weybourne Overcast 10° 85 WNW 20 11 1,012
Wick John O Groats Airport Cloudy 80 N 16 10 1,015

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° 72 NE 8 1,025
Gascogne
K1
K2 10° 12° 76 1,027
K7 -2° 65 1,015
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 WNW 6 14 1,019
Channel
Culdrose Overcast 89 WNW 10 14 1,023
E1 11° 85 NW 14 1,022
Greenwich Light Vessel 11° 11° 83 5 1,017 6 1.2
Guernsey Cloudy 10° 87 W 12 18 1,022
Jersey Overcast 10° 81 WNW 14 16 1,022
Jersey Buoy
L4
Mount Batten Overcast 10° 88 W 7 10 1,022
Needles Old Battery
W 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 94 NW 6 21 1,019
Belmullet Cloudy 10° 95 NW 10 6 1,023
Campbeltown Airport Sunny day 82 NW 19 9 1,018
Crosby Drizzle 10° 93 WNW 20 3 1,017
Islay Airport Cloudy 85 NNW 14 11 1,019
K4 10° 11° 93 NNW 16 1,024
K5 10° 71 NNW 14 1,020
M2 10° 10° 92 NW 17 1,019 4 1.2
M3 10° 11° 90 NNW 14 1,025 6 1.6
M4 10° 11° 90 NW 14 1,022 6 2.7
M5 10° 10° 88 W 14 1,023 4 0.9
Malin Head Overcast 91 NW 14 4 1,020
Roches Point Cloudy 10° 85 NW 17 26 1,023
Ronaldsway Overcast 87 WNW 16 1,018
Skye/Lusa
South Uist Range Overcast 75 N 12 18 1,019
St. Bees Head Cloudy 91 WNW 17 10 1,016
Stornoway Airport - Climate Station Overcast 80 NNW 7 14 1,018
Tiree Sunny day 81 N 12 7 1,019
Valentia Observatory Overcast 10° 94 NW 6 18 1,025
Valley Overcast 10° 92 W 13 11 1,019

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