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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 Cloudy 11 8 – 78 – 26 1,016 – –
Boulmer Cloudy 13 9 – 76 W 8 11 1,016 – –
Donna Nook Cloudy 14 13 – 91 N 9 9 1,016 – –
F3 – – – – – – – – – –
Foula – – – – – – – – – –
Kirkwall Cloudy 10 8 – 87 W 5 16 1,016 – –
Lerwick (S. Screen) Cloudy 10 8 – 90 NW 10 18 1,014 – –
Leuchars Clear night 11 6 – 72 W 6 21 1,016 – –
Lossiemouth Cloudy 12 7 – 69 WNW 10 21 1,017 – –
Manston Light rain 15 15 – 99 ENE 9 < 1 1,014 – –
Sandettie – – – – – – – – – –
Shoeburyness Light rain 17 16 – 96 ENE 11 2 1,014 – –
Sule Skerry – – – – – – – – – –
Weybourne Overcast 14 13 – 98 N 6 – 1,015 – –
Wick John O Groats Airport Overcast 10 8 – 92 W 9 16 1,016 – –

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 – 15 10 – 75 – – 1,019 6 2.4
Celtic Sea – – – – – – – – – –
Gascogne – – – –
–
N 19 – 1,014 8 3.2
K1 – 13 7 15 66 N 15 – 1,024 – –
K2 – – – 14
–
N 12 – 1,025 – –
K7 – 10 7 – 80 W 20 – 1,013 8 2.1
M6 – – – – – – – – – –
Pap – 13 5 – 59 – – 1,026 – –

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 15 – 90 N 9 9 1,014 – –
Channel Lightship – 15 12 13 81 N 19 10 1,014 9 1.1
Culdrose Partly cloudy (night) 13 10 – 81 NNW 6 13 1,017 – –
E1 – 15 11 – 79 – – 1,015 – –
Greenwich Light Vessel – – – – – – – – – –
Guernsey Cloudy 15 13 – 88 N 10 16 1,013 – –
Jersey Light rain 15 14 – 94 N 7 6 1,013 – –
Jersey Buoy – – – – – – – – – –
L4 – – – – – – – – – –
Mount Batten Cloudy 13 8 – 72 N 6 12 1,016 – –
Seven Stones – 15 11 14 77 NNW 17 10 1,017 9 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 Clear night 10 7 – 84 NW 4 21 1,020 – –
Belmullet Partly cloudy (night) 9 4 – 73 NNW 6 14 1,022 – –
Campbeltown Airport Clear night 10 9 – 92 WNW 10 10 1,019 – –
Crosby Clear night 13 10 – 78 N 13 26 1,018 – –
Islay Airport Clear night 6 5 – 93 NW 6 14 1,020 – –
K4 – – – – – – – – – –
K5 – – – – – – – – – –
M1 – – – – – – – – – –
M2 – 13 – 12 85 N 12 – 1,019 3 0.6
M3 – 12 – 14 66 N 17 – 1,023 6 2.4
M4 – 11 – 12 66 NW 12 – 1,022 7 3
M5 – 15 – 15 76 N 17 – 1,019 5 1.4
Malin Head Partly cloudy (night) 10 6 – 77 WNW 10 15 1,020 – –
Roches Point – 11 6 – 72 NNW 16 15 1,021 – –
Ronaldsway Clear night 12 8 – 76 NNW 12 21 1,018 – –
Skye/Lusa – – – – – – – – – –
South Uist Range Partly cloudy (night) 10 5 – 71 W 13 12 1,018 – –
St. Bees Head Clear night 12 9 – 84 NW 15 18 1,018 – –
Stornoway Clear night 7 5 – 87 WSW 9 26 1,017 – –
Tiree Clear night 9 7 – 86 WNW 7 8 1,019 – –
Valentia Observatory – 10 4 – 65 N 6 21 1,023 – –
Valley Clear night 11 9 – 83 NNE 5 21 1,018 – –

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