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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 10° 90 S 3 11 1,030
Boulmer Overcast 13° 12° 95 NNW 4 6 1,029
Donna Nook Mist 15° 13° 88 N 9 3 1,026
F3 18° 15° 18° 86 ENE 17 1,021 6 0.9
Kirkwall Airport Overcast 11° 90 SE 5 11 1,031
Lerwick (S. Screen) Overcast 10° 10° 99 SE 6 11 1,032
Leuchars Overcast 12° 84 ENE 3 24 1,030
Lossiemouth Overcast 94 SE 5 10 1,030
Manston Mist 17° 15° 88 NNE 8 3 1,021
Sandettie 18° 16° 18° 86 ENE 15 2 1,020 6 0.8
Shoeburyness Mist 16° 15° 91 N 9 2 1,022
Weybourne Overcast 16° 15° 93 NNE 13 1,024
Wick John O Groats Airport Overcast 11° 87 SSE 7 14 1,030

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 18° 17° 19° 92 ENE 14 1,016
Gascogne
K1
K2 15° 14° 16° 91 E 8 1,023
K7
M6
Pap 17° 16° 18° 90 ESE 13 1,021

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 Mist 15° 13° 87 NE 10 5 1,022
Channel
Culdrose Clear night 16° 13° 83 ENE 13 7 1,020
E1 16° 14° 86 ENE 19 1,020
Greenwich Light Vessel 18° 16° 18° 90 2 1,019 5 0.6
Guernsey Cloudy 17° 16° 94 ENE 14 3 1,018
Jersey Mist 17° 16° 91 NE 15 1 1,018
Jersey Buoy
L4
Mount Batten Mist 16° 12° 77 ENE 11 4 1,020
Needles Old Battery
NE 26
Seven Stones 16° 15° 15° 91 ENE 15 2 1,020 9 1

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 12° 10° 92 ENE 7 8 1,027
Belmullet 12° 10° 90 ENE 6 9 1,026
Campbeltown Airport Clear night 10° 89 E 3 29 1,027
Crosby Mist 10° 93 ENE 5 3 1,026
Islay Airport Clear night 13° 76 NE 8 29 1,028
K4 13° 12° 14° 96 ENE 10 1,028
K5 11° 11° 13° 99 1,030
M2
M3
M4
M5
Malin Head 12° 10° 90 ESE 4 21 1,027
Roches Point
Ronaldsway Overcast 13° 13° 95 NNE 4 7 1,026
Skye/Lusa
South Uist Range Light rain 12° 12° 99 ENE 8 < 1 1,028
St. Bees Head Clear night 11° 85 SSW 5 15 1,027
Stornoway Airport - Climate Station Light rain 11° 11° 100 NNW 4 < 1 1,029
Tiree Fog 11° 10° 97 E 4 < 1 1,028
Valentia Observatory 10° 97 E 4 7 1,024
Valley Clear night 14° 12° 88 ENE 11 5 1,025

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