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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 78 WNW 7 8 1,010
Boulmer Clear night 74 W 9 1,011
Donna Nook Clear night 76 W 7 32 1,013
F3 11° 14° 76 WNW 21 1,014 5 0.7
Kirkwall Airport Light rain 76 WNW 8 12 1,008
Lerwick (S. Screen) Light rain 86 NNW 10 1 1,004
Leuchars Clear night -1° 80 W 3 30 1,012
Lossiemouth Overcast 66 WNW 9 10 1,011
Manston Overcast 87 WNW 5 12 1,014
Sandettie 10° 14° 80 NW 20 5 1,015 5 0.5
Shoeburyness Overcast 86 W 5 10 1,015
Weybourne Overcast 87 W 6 13 1,013
Wick John O Groats Airport Light rain 71 NW 8 12 1,009

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° 11° 16° 84 NW 5 1,023 12 2.7
Gascogne
K1
K2
K7
M6 12° 14° 76 WNW 19 1,024 7 3.16
Pap 13° 10° 14° 84 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 93 WNW 3 23 1,018
Channel 13° 15° 75 NW 16 1,019
Culdrose Cloudy 81 NW 3 19 1,020
E1 12° 15° 83 N 14 1,020
Greenwich Light Vessel 11° 15° 80 10 1,016 5 0.7
Guernsey Light rain 12° 10° 92 W 8 3 1,018
Jersey Light rain 12° 10° 86 W 7 16 1,018
Jersey Buoy
L4 11° 92 NNW 5 1,019
Mount Batten Overcast 94 NNW 2 9 1,019
Needles Old Battery
Seven Stones 12° 13° 70 NNW 15 10 1,020 6 0.8

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 78 W 6 25 1,017
Belmullet Light shower (night) 87 W 4 6 1,019
Campbeltown Airport Overcast 69 NW 8 18 1,015
Crosby Partly cloudy (night) 88 N 6 17 1,016
Islay Airport Overcast 77 NW 6 23 1,015
K4 10° 13° 86 NW 12 1,019
K5 11° 80 1,016
M2 10° 14° 78 WNW 20 1,018 4 1.41
M3 10° 13° 88 NW 10 1,023 9 3.2
M4 10° 13° 76 WNW 13 1,018 7 3.87
M5 11° 14° 67 NW 12 1,020 3 0.78
Malin Head Partly cloudy (night) 72 NW 7 11 1,016
Roches Point Cloudy 86 W 4 16 1,022
Ronaldsway Overcast 77 W 6 20 1,016
Skye/Lusa
South Uist Range Light rain 89 NNE 2 17 1,014
St. Bees Head Clear night 73 NW 9 18 1,015
Stornoway Airport - Climate Station Overcast 72 NNW 6 7 1,013
Tiree Cloudy 80 NW 7 27 1,015
Valentia Observatory Partly cloudy (night) 10° 76 WNW 3 21 1,022
Valley Overcast 74 WNW 5 20 1,017

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