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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 Light rain 91 NNW 14 3 1,000
Boulmer Overcast 72 W 10 21 1,002
Donna Nook Overcast 10° 77 SSW 10 26 1,006
F3 10° 11° 78 SW 26 1,011 6 0.8
Kirkwall Airport Light rain 90 NE 19 3 1,003
Lerwick (S. Screen) Light rain 80 ENE 22 4 1,005
Leuchars Overcast 10° 67 NW 5 40 1,001
Lossiemouth Light rain 90 N 18 4 1,002
Manston Sunny intervals 11° 69 SW 12 21 1,011
Sandettie 10° 11° 76 SW 22 5 1,012 6 0.7
Shoeburyness Cloudy 11° 66 SW 8 18 1,011
Weybourne Light rain 88 SW 13 15 1,008
Wick John O Groats Airport Light rain 91 NE 20 2 1,003

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 12° 66 WNW 12 1,015
Gascogne
K1
K2 11° 12° 87 1,009
K7 30° 26° 10° 79 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 Overcast 12° 60 WSW 10 24 1,011
Channel
Culdrose Sunny intervals 12° 65 WSW 13 26 1,012
E1 11° 72 W 9 1,012
Greenwich Light Vessel 11° 11° 70 10 1,012 5 0.5
Guernsey Sunny day 12° 65 W 12 26 1,013
Jersey Sunny intervals 12° 72 16 1,013
Jersey Buoy
L4
Mount Batten Overcast 12° 72 SW 14 11 1,011
Needles Old Battery
SSW 25
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 13° 48 SSE 7 35 1,003
Belmullet Sunny day 11° 68 W 10 16 1,004
Campbeltown Airport Sunny intervals 11° 49 W 6 40 1,004
Crosby Sunny day 11° 61 W 10 40 1,007
Islay Airport Cloudy 11° 54 SW 5 21 1,004
K4 11° 74 NW 12 1,003
K5 10° 76 E 7 1,005
M2 10° 10° 80 SSW 16 1,006 4 0.7
M3 11° 12° 74 W 14 1,009 5 1.6
M4 10° 11° 74 W 12 1,003 6 1.5
M5 11° 11° 75 WSW 19 1,009 4 1.1
Malin Head Light shower (day) 10° 67 E 8 16 1,003
Roches Point Drizzle 10° 82 SW 21 9 1,008
Ronaldsway Sunny intervals 10° 65 SSW 12 1,006
Skye/Lusa
South Uist Range Overcast 69 N 10 40 1,004
St. Bees Head Overcast 10° 71 W 16 21 1,005
Stornoway Airport - Climate Station Sunny intervals 72 NE 16 15 1,004
Tiree Sunny day 10° 66 N 4 18 1,004
Valentia Observatory Heavy shower (day) 11° 76 W 12 7 1,008
Valley Sunny intervals 11° 64 SSW 19 26 1,007

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