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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 93 N 7 6 1,007
Boulmer Light rain 87 N 7 17 1,004
Donna Nook Light rain 80 WNW 9 20 1,001
F3 76 NW 8 10 1,002 7 0.7
Kirkwall Airport Light rain 82 N 12 20 1,009
Lerwick (S. Screen) Light rain -1° 71 N 9 35 1,008
Leuchars Light rain 70 N 7 10 1,007
Lossiemouth Cloudy -1° 62 N 9 12 1,009
Manston Overcast 74 NW 5 19 1,002
Sandettie 78 NNW 7 10 1,002 6 0.5
Shoeburyness Sunny intervals 66 NW 5 4 1,002
Weybourne Cloudy 73 WNW 8 16 1,001
Wick John O Groats Airport Drizzle 92 N 9 11 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 13° 72 N 13 1,007 5 2.2
Gascogne
K1
K2
K7
M6 10° 12° 65 NE 19 1,016 5 1.76
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 55 W 2 26 1,004
Channel 11° 67 N 8 10 1,004
Culdrose Cloudy 78 N 7 31 1,005
E1 11° 76 N 11 1,005
Greenwich Light Vessel 66 10 1,003 7 0.3
Guernsey Light shower (day) 89 W 3 18 1,004
Jersey Overcast 62 N 2 18 1,004
Jersey Buoy
L4
Mount Batten Overcast 70 NNW 4 9 1,004
Needles Old Battery
Seven Stones 11° 63 N 19 10 1,005 7 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 Sunny day 60 NNW 7 32 1,009
Belmullet Sunny intervals 61 NE 8 12 1,013
Campbeltown Airport Sunny day 58 NNW 8 40 1,009
Crosby Cloudy 66 NNW 9 11 1,006
Islay Airport Sunny intervals 62 N 10 29 1,010
K4 11° 65 NE 19 1,016
K5 10° 61 1,017
M2 71 N 21 1,008 4 1.76
M3 11° 74 N 16 1,010 5 1.48
M4 11° 64 NNE 18 1,014 6 2.93
M5 10° 69 NNE 15 1,008 4 1.17
Malin Head Cloudy 71 N 11 9 1,011
Roches Point Cloudy -1° 54 NNE 8 18 1,009
Ronaldsway Sunny day 59 N 8 31 1,007
Skye/Lusa
South Uist Range Overcast 65 NNE 9 16 1,013
St. Bees Head Overcast 72 N 8 35 1,006
Stornoway Airport - Climate Station Drizzle 76 N 10 5 1,013
Tiree Overcast 70 N 10 11 1,012
Valentia Observatory Cloudy 57 ENE 5 14 1,011
Valley Cloudy 63 N 8 24 1,007

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