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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 81 SSW 8 11 999
Boulmer Clear night 82 SSW 4 9 1,003
Donna Nook Overcast 92 SSW 4 11 1,007
F3 96 SW 17 1 1,009 7 0.3
Kirkwall Airport Cloudy 87 S 7 17 996
Lerwick (S. Screen) Mist 86 SSW 12 5 996
Leuchars Light rain 81 WSW 5 12 1,002
Lossiemouth Clear night 73 SSW 5 20 997
Manston Light rain 97 S 3 1 1,010
Sandettie 10° 94 SW 16 2 1,010 7 0.3
Shoeburyness Cloudy 99 SSW 2 6 1,010
Weybourne Overcast 10° 96 S 5 7 1,008
Wick John O Groats Airport Clear night 80 SSW 5 13 996

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° 13° 79 WSW 13 1,014 10 5.4
Gascogne
K1
K2
K7
M6 10° 12° 71 W 24 1,001 8 6.45
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 W 2 6 1,010
Channel 11° 10° 10° 95 W 11 2 1,011
Culdrose Mist 99 SW 5 3 1,011
E1 11° 10° 11° 92 WSW 12 1,011
Greenwich Light Vessel 10° 10° 97 1 1,010 9 1.2
Guernsey Mist 10° 10° 99 W 6 2 1,011
Jersey Fog 99 W 3 < 1 1,011
Jersey Buoy
L4
Mount Batten Overcast 98 SW 2 < 1 1,010
Needles Old Battery
Seven Stones 11° 11° 86 SW 13 2 1,010 11 3.8

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 89 S 4 14 1,002
Belmullet Clear night 77 WSW 9 9 1,000
Campbeltown Airport Clear night 83 S 5 19 1,001
Crosby Clear night 91 S 5 7 1,007
Islay Airport Clear night 87 S 7 8 1,000
K4 10° 11° 76 W 26 995
K5 10° 78 984
M2
M3 10° 11° 82 W 19 1,007 9 6.02
M4 10° 11° 72 WSW 23 997 8 5.16
M5 10° 10° 82 WSW 12 1,007 8 3.91
Malin Head Partly cloudy (night) 85 S 8 9 999
Roches Point Mist 93 SW 4 4 1,007
Ronaldsway Mist 94 SSW 7 4 1,004
Skye/Lusa
South Uist Range Light rain 89 SSW 10 7 994
St. Bees Head Fog 100 S 5 < 1 1,004
Stornoway Airport - Climate Station Clear night 85 SSW 7 9 993
Tiree Overcast 89 SSW 9 5 997
Valentia Observatory 83 SSW 3 5 1,006
Valley Mist 96 SSW 8 3 1,006

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