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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 79 S 3 21 1,007
Boulmer Sunny day 70 ESE 4 21 1,007
Donna Nook Overcast 78 ENE 11 16 1,006
F3 11° 66 E 9 1,005 6 0.3
Kirkwall Airport Light rain 89 E 2 40 1,007
Lerwick (S. Screen) Sunny day 74 S 7 40 1,008
Leuchars Overcast 63 SE 6 29 1,007
Lossiemouth Overcast 72 NE 5 21 1,007
Manston Overcast 77 E 8 18 1,005
Sandettie 11° 70 E 14 26 1,005 6 0.3
Shoeburyness Sunny intervals 56 E 8 24 1,005
Weybourne Cloudy 80 NE 8 16 1,006
Wick John O Groats Airport Overcast 69 SE 4 29 1,007

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
Gascogne
K1
K2 10° 12° 71 1,008
K7 83 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 Light rain 84 ESE 5 14 1,003
Channel
Culdrose Sunny day 87 SSW 3 26 1,001
E1 10° 86 E 6 1,001
Greenwich Light Vessel 10° 11° 87 5 1,003 8 0.2
Guernsey Sunny intervals 87 W 6 24 1,002
Jersey Overcast 10° 82 W 5 13 1,002
Jersey Buoy
L4
Mount Batten Overcast 90 ENE 6 11 1,001
Needles Old Battery
E 9
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 Sunny day -1° 58 NE 4 40 1,007
Belmullet Sunny day 61 NNE 12 15 1,008
Campbeltown Airport Sunny day 64 WNW 5 24 1,007
Crosby Light rain 68 NE 8 18 1,005
Islay Airport Light rain 80 NW 3 24 1,008
K4 11° 73 NNE 15 1,010
K5 10° 67 N 21 1,011
M2
M3
M4
M5
Malin Head Sunny intervals 72 N 12 16 1,008
Roches Point
Ronaldsway Sunny intervals 60 ENE 7 1,006
Skye/Lusa
South Uist Range Cloudy 72 N 10 40 1,008
St. Bees Head Cloudy 66 NNE 8 35 1,006
Stornoway Airport - Climate Station Sunny intervals 70 N 8 21 1,007
Tiree Sunny day 74 N 12 32 1,008
Valentia Observatory Cloudy 10° 61 NNE 10 24 1,006
Valley Overcast 64 NE 9 32 1,005

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