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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 91 ENE 1 10 1,028
Boulmer Overcast 87 E 4 3 1,025
Donna Nook Overcast 89 ENE 6 2 1,022
F3 83 S 8 10 1,021 6 0.6
Kirkwall Airport Cloudy 89 SSW 2 12 1,028
Lerwick (S. Screen) Partly cloudy (night) 85 SW 4 15 1,029
Leuchars Overcast 85 NNE 3 10 1,027
Lossiemouth Overcast 90 ESE 1 11 1,028
Manston Overcast 86 SSE 3 12 1,022
Sandettie 76 S 10 10 1,021 6 0.7
Shoeburyness Overcast 91 S 3 10 1,021
Weybourne Mist 94 E 3 2 1,022
Wick John O Groats Airport Overcast 82 SSW 1 11 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 13° 90 SSE 18 1,018 6 1.8
Gascogne
K1
K2
K7
M6 12° 88 N 12 1,023 7 3.4
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 98 E 3 2 1,019
Channel 11° 95 NNW 12 2 1,019
Culdrose Overcast 86 ENE 3 8 1,020
E1 11° 79 N 9 1,020
Greenwich Light Vessel 10° 69 10 1,020 6 0.5
Guernsey Light rain 95 SSE 3 8 1,019
Jersey Overcast 88 ESE 3 10 1,019
Jersey Buoy
L4
Mount Batten Mist 86 NNW 2 3 1,020
Needles Old Battery
Seven Stones 10° 67 N 9 10 1,020 10 1.1

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 NE 2 20 1,025
Belmullet -2° 73 ENE 3 14 1,025
Campbeltown Airport Overcast 78 NNE 4 40 1,025
Crosby Drizzle 87 NE 2 3 1,023
Islay Airport Partly cloudy (night) -1° 75 ENE 3 30 1,026
K4 11° 62 S 13 1,024
K5 10° 87 1,022
M2
M3 11° 70 E 13 1,021 6 1.95
M4 -3° 10° 54 E 6 1,026 8 2.58
M5 10° 66 NNE 12 1,021 4 0.94
Malin Head Overcast -3° 54 E 5 26 1,026
Roches Point Cloudy 80 NNE 3 16 1,022
Ronaldsway Overcast 75 N 3 11 1,024
Skye/Lusa
South Uist Range Clear night -3° 78 SE 2 40 1,027
St. Bees Head Overcast 88 NE 5 6 1,024
Stornoway Airport - Climate Station Clear night -3° 71 WNW 1 20 1,027
Tiree Partly cloudy (night) -2° 74 E 3 24 1,026
Valentia Observatory -1° 71 ENE 2 11 1,022
Valley Overcast 85 N 3 6 1,023

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