A blue-green ocean surface with waves and sea foam.
Coast and sea

Marine observations - Channel

  • Location 49.917, -2.883
  • Altitude 0 m above mean sea level
Channel Lightship has been replaced by a light buoy. Visibility measurements are not currently being produced while new systems are undergoing quality control testing.
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Monday (5 June 2023)

15:00 16:00 17:00 18:00 19:00 20:00 21:00 22:00 23:00
Temperature
13.3°
13.6°
14.1°
14.1°
14.0°
13.4°
13.1°
13.1°
13.0°
Wind Direction and speed
E 10
ENE 11
E 9
E 10
E 10
E 10
E 11
ENE 11
ENE 12
Humidity 80% 79% 77% 78% 80% 84% 86% 87% 88%
Pressure 1,022 1,021 1,021 1,021 1,021 1,021 1,021 1,021 1,022
Dew point temperature 9.9° 10.0° 10.1° 10.4° 10.7° 10.7° 10.8° 11.0° 11.1°
Sea Temperature 13.1° 13.2° 13.1° 13.2° 13.1° 13.1° 13.1° 13.0° 13.0°

Tuesday (6 June 2023)

00:00 01:00 02:00 03:00 04:00 05:00 06:00 07:00 08:00 09:00 10:00 11:00 12:00 13:00 14:00
Temperature
12.9°
12.8°
12.8°
12.5°
12.2°
12.1°
12.0°
12.0°
12.0°
12.0°
12.2°
12.3°
12.6°
12.8°
13.0°
Wind Direction and speed
ENE 11
E 14
E 17
E 19
E 19
ENE 19
E 19
E 19
E 18
E 17
E 20
E 23
E 17
E 14
E 13
Humidity 88% 88% 85% 82% 82% 80% 79% 79% 80% 80% 80% 80% 80% 82% 81%
Pressure 1,022 1,022 1,022 1,022 1,021 1,021 1,021 1,021 1,021 1,022 1,022 1,022 1,022 1,022 1,021
Dew point temperature 11.0° 10.9° 10.3° 9.6° 9.2° 8.8° 8.5° 8.5° 8.6° 8.7° 8.9° 9.0° 9.3° 9.8° 9.9°
Sea Temperature 13.0° 13.0° 13.1° 13.1° 13.1° 13.1° 13.1° 13.1° 13.1° 13.1° 13.1° 13.1° 13.1° 13.1° 13.2°

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