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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 13° 57 W 16 26 1,004
Boulmer Overcast 12° 69 WSW 10 29 1,009
Donna Nook Overcast 14° 10° 76 SW 14 21 1,012
F3 11° 10° 91 SSW 16 26 1,017 6 0.2
Kirkwall Airport Light rain 86 W 20 16 1,001
Lerwick (S. Screen) Light rain 98 WSW 23 1 998
Leuchars Overcast 13° 70 W 15 35 1,007
Lossiemouth Light rain 10° 79 W 14 16 1,005
Manston Cloudy 13° 74 SW 15 18 1,017
Sandettie 11° 10° 88 SW 17 5 1,018 7 0.2
Shoeburyness Overcast 14° 72 SW 12 16 1,016
Weybourne Cloudy 14° 75 SSW 16 21 1,014
Wick John O Groats Airport Overcast 10° 84 WNW 23 10 1,002

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 13° 12° 92 SSW 15 1,015
Gascogne
K1
K2 11° 11° 80 1,011
K7 10° 83 999
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 11° 11° 98 SW 11 4 1,016
Channel 11° 10° 11° 92 1,016
Culdrose Mist 11° 11° 99 SW 6 5 1,014
E1 12° 11° 97 SSW 12 1,015
Greenwich Light Vessel 11° 10° 83 10 1,018 6 0.7
Guernsey Cloudy 11° 85 SSW 11 13 1,018
Jersey Sunny intervals 12° 78 S 12 8 1,018
Jersey Buoy
L4
Mount Batten Light rain 12° 11° 99 SW 10 < 1 1,015
Needles Old Battery
S 24
Seven Stones 11° 11° 11° 96 SSW 11 5 1,014 9 2.8

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 Sunny intervals 11° 83 SW 7 24 1,011
Belmullet Cloudy 11° 73 N 4 7 1,011
Campbeltown Airport Sunny day 10° 87 W 12 12 1,009
Crosby Sunny intervals 12° 78 W 9 14 1,012
Islay Airport Overcast 10° 89 WSW 9 8 1,010
K4 11° 60 NW 13 1,012
K5 10° 64 WNW 23 1,006
M2 10° 87 SW 8 1,012 5 1.1
M3 11° 11° 86 SSW 4 1,012 8 3.8
M4 10° 10° 56 WNW 8 1,011 8 3.5
M5 10° 10° 90 SSW 10 1,013 8 2.8
Malin Head Cloudy 78 NW 10 7 1,010
Roches Point Mist 11° 10° 92 S 8 3 1,013
Ronaldsway Sunny day 11° 86 WSW 11 1,011
Skye/Lusa
South Uist Range Light rain 69 W 11 12 1,007
St. Bees Head Overcast 89 WSW 9 8 1,011
Stornoway Airport - Climate Station Sunny intervals 70 WNW 17 18 1,005
Tiree Sunny day 10° 71 WNW 13 14 1,009
Valentia Observatory Cloudy 12° 79 SW 4 16 1,012
Valley
SW 12

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