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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 66 SSE 10 40 1,009
Boulmer Sunny day 66 E 7 24 1,009
Donna Nook Overcast 79 ENE 15 16 1,006
F3 10° 11° 88 S 6 1,004 5 0.4
Kirkwall Airport Light rain 81 SSE 15 26 1,008
Lerwick (S. Screen) Overcast 84 SE 18 24 1,011
Leuchars Overcast 63 ESE 12 29 1,008
Lossiemouth Cloudy 10° 63 SE 8 11 1,007
Manston Overcast 10° 94 NE 7 5 1,003
Sandettie 10° 11° 88 SSE 3 5 1,004 5 0.4
Shoeburyness Overcast 90 NE 13 13 1,004
Weybourne Light rain 83 E 12 11 1,005
Wick John O Groats Airport Overcast 71 SSE 13 16 1,008

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° 74 NNE 12 1,000
Gascogne
K1
K2 10° 12° 71 1,009
K7 69 1,008
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° 89 E 7 16 1,002
Channel
Culdrose Overcast 10° 76 N 1 24 1,001
E1 10° 77 S 8 1,001
Greenwich Light Vessel 11° 11° 82 10 1,002 7 0.4
Guernsey Cloudy 12° 67 ENE 5 26 1,001
Jersey Overcast 11° 74 NE 8 16 1,001
Jersey Buoy
L4
Mount Batten Sunny day 10° 76 E 10 9 1,001
Needles Old Battery
N 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 Cloudy 10° 63 NE 5 8 1,007
Belmullet Cloudy 10° 66 NNW 6 16 1,008
Campbeltown Airport Sunny intervals 74 WSW 4 21 1,007
Crosby Cloudy 10° 61 E 6 26 1,006
Islay Airport Light rain 75 W 7 15 1,008
K4 11° 66 N 16 1,010
K5 10° 77 N 15 1,008
M2 10° 75 ENE 14 1,006 4 0.8
M3 11° 65 N 12 1,007 6 2.3
M4 11° 76 NW 12 1,008 6 1.9
M5 11° 76 E 14 1,004 4 1.2
Malin Head Sunny day 69 NW 8 13 1,007
Roches Point Sunny intervals 62 NNE 12 24 1,005
Ronaldsway Sunny day 65 E 11 1,007
Skye/Lusa
South Uist Range Sunny day 72 W 6 40 1,007
St. Bees Head Sunny day 71 WNW 5 26 1,007
Stornoway Airport - Climate Station Overcast 69 SSE 8 40 1,006
Tiree Overcast 71 NW 3 35 1,007
Valentia Observatory Sunny day 61 NNE 10 21 1,007
Valley Sunny intervals 10° 64 ENE 11 18 1,006

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