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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 13° 50 WNW 6 26 1,012
Boulmer Overcast 12° 70 ESE 5 16 1,014
Donna Nook Sunny intervals 14° 10° 74 NNE 2 14 1,014
F3 14° 11° 18° 80 W 15 10 1,016 5 0.4
Kirkwall Airport Overcast 11° 61 WNW 6 16 1,011
Lerwick (S. Screen) Overcast 10° 72 WNW 15 26 1,008
Leuchars Overcast 12° 55 N 2 24 1,013
Lossiemouth Sunny intervals 11° 65 W 7 18 1,012
Manston Sunny intervals 16° 10° 70 W 9 18 1,016
Sandettie 14° 10° 18° 76 W 9 10 1,017 6 0.3
Shoeburyness Sunny intervals 16° 62 WNW 9 11 1,016
Weybourne Cloudy 15° 12° 77 WNW 10 1,014
Wick John O Groats Airport Overcast 11° 66 NW 9 12 1,011

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 19° 14° 18° 76 S 22 1,016
Gascogne
K1 18° 17° 17° 98 SW 26 1,007
K2 17° 17° 16° 96 SSW 20 1,001
K7 12° 71 NW 13 1,010
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 Sunny intervals 16° 57 WSW 7 24 1,017
Channel 16° 17° 63 SW 8 1,018
Culdrose Sunny day 15° 58 SSW 8 21 1,017
E1 16° 17° 60 SSW 13 1,017
Greenwich Light Vessel 15° 18° 69 W 12 10 1,018 7 0.5
Guernsey Sunny intervals 17° 46 SW 10 26 1,019
Jersey Overcast 15° 64 WSW 7 18 1,019
Jersey Buoy
L4
Mount Batten Sunny day 16° 11° 70 SSE 5 14 1,017
Needles Old Battery
WSW 7
Seven Stones 16° 15° 64 S 18 10 1,016 7 1.4

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 12° 52 S 10 21 1,013
Belmullet Light rain 11° 81 SSE 17 5 1,007
Campbeltown Airport Overcast 12° 64 ESE 7 29 1,012
Crosby Overcast 14° 10° 72 WSW 9 15 1,015
Islay Airport Overcast 12° 63 ESE 10 18 1,013
K4 13° 10° 14° 84 SE 33 1,001
K5 11° 13° 59 SSE 16 1,008
M2 13° 15° 57 S 14 1,014 4 0.7
M3 15° 16° 93 SSE 29 1,006 5 2.7
M4 13° 15° 61 SSE 25 1,007 6 2.2
M5 15° 16° 66 S 16 1,014 4 1.2
Malin Head Cloudy 12° 57 S 12 18 1,012
Roches Point Overcast 14° 10° 75 S 23 13 1,012
Ronaldsway Overcast 14° 61 SW 10 1,014
Skye/Lusa
South Uist Range Cloudy 12° 47 ESE 3 32 1,011
St. Bees Head Overcast 12° 64 N 2 13 1,014
Stornoway Airport - Climate Station Sunny day 13° 50 SSW 4 40 1,012
Tiree Overcast 12° 59 SE 11 21 1,012
Valentia Observatory Light shower (day) 13° 12° 89 SSE 17 2 1,007
Valley Overcast 14° 58 SSW 8 18 1,015

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