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Marine observations - Greenwich Light Vessel

  • Location 50.417, 0
  • Altitude 0 m above mean sea level
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Sunday (17 May 2026)

12:00 13:00 14:00 15:00 16:00 17:00 18:00 19:00 20:00 21:00 22:00 23:00
Temperature
12.5° Celsius
12.6° Celsius
12.9° Celsius
13.0° Celsius
12.9° Celsius
12.8° Celsius
12.7° Celsius
12.5° Celsius
12.6° Celsius
12.2° Celsius
12.4° Celsius
12.3° Celsius
Wind Direction and speed
W 14
WSW 11
WSW 14
W 15
W 17
W 18
W 18
W 17
WSW 16
W 12
W 18
WSW 18
Visibility 5 nautical miles 10 nautical miles 10 nautical miles 10 nautical miles 10 nautical miles 5 nautical miles 5 nautical miles 5 nautical miles 5 nautical miles 5 nautical miles 5 nautical miles 5 nautical miles
Humidity 79% 78% 76% 74% 72% 78% 78% 79% 80% 80% 77% 78%
Pressure 1,012 hectopascals 1,012 hectopascals 1,012 hectopascals 1,012 hectopascals 1,012 hectopascals 1,012 hectopascals 1,013 hectopascals 1,013 hectopascals 1,013 hectopascals 1,013 hectopascals 1,012 hectopascals 1,012 hectopascals
Dew point temperature 9.0° Celsius 8.8° Celsius 8.8° Celsius 8.4° Celsius 7.9° Celsius 9.0° Celsius 8.9° Celsius 8.9° Celsius 9.2° Celsius 8.9° Celsius 8.5° Celsius 8.5° Celsius
Sea Temperature 12.2° Celsius 12.4° Celsius 12.5° Celsius 12.5° Celsius 12.5° Celsius 12.4° Celsius 12.4° Celsius 12.3° Celsius 12.3° Celsius 12.3° Celsius 12.2° Celsius 12.2° Celsius
Wave Height 0.4 metres 0.5 metres 0.4 metres 0.3 metres 0.4 metres 0.5 metres 0.5 metres 0.4 metres 0.4 metres 0.4 metres 0.5 metres 0.5 metres
Wave period 5.0 seconds 5.0 seconds 6.0 seconds 6.0 seconds 6.0 seconds 5.0 seconds 5.0 seconds 6.0 seconds 5.0 seconds 5.0 seconds 6.0 seconds 6.0 seconds

Monday (18 May 2026)

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 15:00 16:00 17:00 18:00 19:00 20:00 21:00 22:00 23:00
Temperature
12.3° Celsius
12.3° Celsius
11.8° Celsius
11.3° Celsius
11.1° Celsius
10.9° Celsius
11.1° Celsius
11.4° Celsius
11.7° Celsius
11.8° Celsius
12.0° Celsius
11.8° Celsius
11.9° Celsius
11.9° Celsius
12.5° Celsius
12.7° Celsius
12.8° Celsius
14.7° Celsius
13.9° Celsius
13.9° Celsius
14.0° Celsius
13.7° Celsius
14.4° Celsius
13.1° Celsius
Wind Direction and speed
WSW 18
W 18
WSW 18
WSW 21
W 17
W 15
WSW 17
WSW 15
WSW 17
SW 19
WSW 20
WSW 20
WSW 15
SW 15
SW 14
SSW 14
SSW 11
ENE 12
S 12
S 14
S 8
S 9
S 9
S 15
Visibility 5 nautical miles 5 nautical miles 2 nautical miles 5 nautical miles 10 nautical miles 10 nautical miles 10 nautical miles 10 nautical miles 10 nautical miles 10 nautical miles 10 nautical miles 10 nautical miles 10 nautical miles 10 nautical miles 10 nautical miles 10 nautical miles 10 nautical miles 10 nautical miles 10 nautical miles 10 nautical miles 10 nautical miles 10 nautical miles 10 nautical miles 5 nautical miles
Humidity 77% 78% 73% 83% 85% 79% 77% 79% 78% 81% 74% 74% 72% 72% 69% 73% 72% 71% 73% 72% 76% 77% 82% 80%
Pressure 1,012 hectopascals 1,012 hectopascals 1,012 hectopascals 1,012 hectopascals 1,012 hectopascals 1,013 hectopascals 1,013 hectopascals 1,013 hectopascals 1,014 hectopascals 1,014 hectopascals 1,014 hectopascals 1,014 hectopascals 1,014 hectopascals 1,014 hectopascals 1,014 hectopascals 1,014 hectopascals 1,014 hectopascals 1,015 hectopascals 1,014 hectopascals 1,014 hectopascals 1,014 hectopascals 1,014 hectopascals 1,013 hectopascals 1,013 hectopascals
Dew point temperature 8.4° Celsius 8.6° Celsius 7.2° Celsius 8.6° Celsius 8.6° Celsius 7.4° Celsius 7.3° Celsius 7.8° Celsius 8.0° Celsius 8.6° Celsius 7.5° Celsius 7.4° Celsius 7.1° Celsius 7.0° Celsius 7.0° Celsius 7.9° Celsius 7.8° Celsius 9.4° Celsius 9.2° Celsius 9.0° Celsius 9.9° Celsius 9.7° Celsius 11.3° Celsius 9.8° Celsius
Sea Temperature 12.2° Celsius 12.2° Celsius 12.2° Celsius 12.1° Celsius 12.1° Celsius 12.0° Celsius 12.0° Celsius 12.0° Celsius 12.0° Celsius 12.1° Celsius 12.1° Celsius 12.2° Celsius 12.2° Celsius 12.3° Celsius 12.4° Celsius 12.5° Celsius 12.5° Celsius 12.5° Celsius 12.4° Celsius 12.4° Celsius 12.3° Celsius 12.3° Celsius 12.3° Celsius 12.3° Celsius
Wave Height 0.5 metres 0.7 metres 0.7 metres 0.7 metres 0.6 metres 0.6 metres 0.8 metres 0.5 metres 0.5 metres 0.4 metres 0.5 metres 0.6 metres 0.6 metres 0.7 metres 0.7 metres 0.5 metres 0.5 metres 0.4 metres 0.4 metres 0.5 metres 0.4 metres 0.4 metres 0.4 metres 0.5 metres
Wave period 6.0 seconds 5.0 seconds 5.0 seconds 6.0 seconds 6.0 seconds 6.0 seconds 5.0 seconds 6.0 seconds 6.0 seconds 6.0 seconds 6.0 seconds 6.0 seconds 6.0 seconds 6.0 seconds 6.0 seconds 6.0 seconds 6.0 seconds 6.0 seconds 6.0 seconds 6.0 seconds 6.0 seconds 6.0 seconds 7.0 seconds 6.0 seconds

Tuesday (19 May 2026)

00:00 01:00 02:00 03:00 04:00 05:00 06:00 07:00 08:00 09:00 10:00 11:00
Temperature
13.2° Celsius
13.3° Celsius
13.1° Celsius
12.9° Celsius
12.5° Celsius
12.7° Celsius
12.8° Celsius
13.0° Celsius
12.8° Celsius
13.0° Celsius
13.3° Celsius
13.4° Celsius
Wind Direction and speed
S 17
S 19
S 21
S 24
S 25
S 27
S 27
S 28
S 29
S 28
S 24
S 23
Visibility 5 nautical miles 5 nautical miles 2 nautical miles 2 nautical miles 2 nautical miles 2 nautical miles 2 nautical miles < 1 nautical miles 2 nautical miles 2 nautical miles 2 nautical miles 2 nautical miles
Humidity 82% 82% 84% 85% 91% 90% 91% 92% 95% 94% 93% 94%
Pressure 1,013 hectopascals 1,012 hectopascals 1,011 hectopascals 1,011 hectopascals 1,011 hectopascals 1,010 hectopascals 1,010 hectopascals 1,010 hectopascals 1,010 hectopascals 1,010 hectopascals 1,010 hectopascals 1,010 hectopascals
Dew point temperature 10.2° Celsius 10.3° Celsius 10.4° Celsius 10.4° Celsius 11.0° Celsius 11.1° Celsius 11.3° Celsius 11.8° Celsius 12.0° Celsius 12.1° Celsius 12.2° Celsius 12.4° Celsius
Sea Temperature 12.3° Celsius 12.3° Celsius 12.3° Celsius 12.3° Celsius 12.3° Celsius 12.3° Celsius 12.2° Celsius 12.2° Celsius 12.2° Celsius 12.3° Celsius 12.3° Celsius 12.3° Celsius
Wave Height 0.6 metres 0.6 metres 0.7 metres 0.7 metres 0.9 metres 1.2 metres 1.3 metres 1.1 metres 1.1 metres 1.5 metres 1.4 metres 1.4 metres
Wave period 6.0 seconds 6.0 seconds 6.0 seconds 5.0 seconds 5.0 seconds 5.0 seconds 5.0 seconds 6.0 seconds 6.0 seconds 6.0 seconds 6.0 seconds 6.0 seconds

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