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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 15° 11° 80 N 9 6 1,018
Boulmer Sunny day 16° 13° 80 N 10 7 1,017
Donna Nook Overcast 13° 12° 91 NNW 13 6 1,015
F3 12° 12° 13° 96 NNW 9 1,013 5 0.5
Kirkwall Airport Overcast 11° 88 NNW 8 21 1,018
Lerwick (S. Screen) Overcast 11° 87 WNW 9 32 1,017
Leuchars Sunny day 14° 11° 82 E 10 4 1,018
Lossiemouth Overcast 14° 10° 78 NNW 4 9 1,019
Manston Mist 13° 12° 93 N 5 4 1,014
Sandettie
Shoeburyness Cloudy 17° 12° 76 SSE 4 8 1,014
Weybourne Mist 14° 13° 93 NNW 9 5 1,014
Wick John O Groats Airport Overcast 12° 83 NW 9 18 1,019

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 14° 13° 89 N 11 1,016
Gascogne
K1
K2 12° 12° 82 1,022
K7 11°
1,018
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 17° 13° 74 SSW 5 18 1,014
Channel
Culdrose Sunny day 17° 12° 74 NNW 12 8 1,014
E1 16° 14° 88 W 5 1,014
Greenwich Light Vessel 13° 12° 13° 94 5 1,014 11 0.3
Guernsey Light rain 14° 12° 91 N 8 9 1,015
Jersey Sunny day 17° 10° 67 N 6 18 1,014
Jersey Buoy
L4
Mount Batten Light rain 16° 13° 86 S 6 1 1,014
Needles Old Battery
SW 8
Seven Stones 14° 12° 14° 91 N 13 2 1,015 8 1.3

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° 11° 86 NNW 10 11 1,018
Belmullet
Campbeltown Airport Overcast 12° 12° 97 W 9 3 1,018
Crosby Mist 17° 15° 85 W 10 3 1,015
Islay Airport Overcast 13° 11° 86 NNW 11 11 1,019
K4 12° 10° 12° 87 NW 12 1,022
K5 11° 10° 11° 96 W 13 1,016
M2
M3
M4
M5
Malin Head
Roches Point
Ronaldsway Sunny day 19° 14° 70 NNE 8 1,016
Skye/Lusa
South Uist Range Sunny day 12°
WNW 8 40 1,020
St. Bees Head Sunny day 17° 13° 80 N 9 8 1,016
Stornoway Airport - Climate Station Overcast 12° 78 SSE 8 24 1,019
Tiree Overcast 12° 10° 86 N 13 16 1,020
Valentia Observatory
Valley Mist 14° 12° 89 NNW 10 4 1,016

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