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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 -1° 68 E 5 9 1,027
Boulmer Overcast 72 ENE 7 7 1,024
Donna Nook Mist 84 NNE 7 4 1,020
F3 76 N 18 10 1,017 7 0.7
Kirkwall Airport Sunny intervals -2° 59 E 6 22 1,029
Lerwick (S. Screen) Sunny day 64 ENE 3 33 1,030
Leuchars Overcast -1° 64 E 7 12 1,026
Lossiemouth Overcast -3° 56 ESE 5 12 1,028
Manston Cloudy 86 NNW 4 8 1,018
Sandettie 80 NNW 9 10 1,018 7 0.5
Shoeburyness Overcast 90 N 3 5 1,019
Weybourne Mist 85 NE 4 4 1,019
Wick John O Groats Airport Light rain 80 SE 4 7 1,028

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° 10° 13° 87 W 9 1,015 6 1.9
Gascogne
K1
K2
K7
M6 10° 12° 76 SW 11 1,010 8 3.75
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 69 ENE 4 19 1,019
Channel 11° 82 ENE 18 5 1,018
Culdrose Overcast 81 E 9 9 1,017
E1 11° 78 E 19 1,018
Greenwich Light Vessel 67 10 1,018 9 0.2
Guernsey Sunny day 75 E 6 16 1,017
Jersey Overcast 74 E 7 8 1,016
Jersey Buoy
L4
Mount Batten Sunny day 65 ENE 5 8 1,018
Needles Old Battery
Seven Stones 10° 80 ESE 18 5 1,017 6 1.2

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 Light rain 88 E 5 8 1,022
Belmullet Light shower (day) 82 SE 5 9 1,017
Campbeltown Airport Overcast 74 E 8 16 1,023
Crosby Overcast 74 E 4 5 1,021
Islay Airport Overcast 67 ESE 8 17 1,023
K4 11° 88 SSE 29 1,014
K5 10° 72 1,023
M2 80 ESE 14 1,021 4 1.17
M3 11° 10° 11° 95 SE 19 1,014 5 2.5
M4 10° 77 SE 25 1,017 5 2.7
M5 10° 72 ESE 13 1,019 4 1.64
Malin Head Overcast 72 ESE 10 14 1,022
Roches Point Light shower (day) 87 ESE 7 4 1,018
Ronaldsway Overcast 76 E 7 10 1,022
Skye/Lusa
South Uist Range Cloudy -1° 63 ESE 7 23 1,024
St. Bees Head Overcast 89 NE 6 7 1,023
Stornoway Airport - Climate Station Sunny intervals -1° 60 E 9 18 1,026
Tiree Overcast -1° 60 SE 10 18 1,024
Valentia Observatory Cloudy 83 E 7 10 1,015
Valley Overcast 80 ENE 4 6 1,021

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