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Buoy Observations (scroll down for links)

Buoy Observations. See clickable list below.

UK Buoy Observations (please select a location)

 SANDETTIE WMO No.= 62304 Lat/Long = 51° 09' N / 01° 47' E
Time & date Wind direction,
speed (knots)
Max gust (knots) Visibility (km) Air temp
(°C)
Dew point
(°C)
Pressure
(mB)
Sea temp
(°C)
Wave height (m) Wave period (s)
21:00:00 Friday, 2009-12-18 N, 25 43 4.0 2 1 1011 Falling 11 1.9 5
18:00:00 Friday, 2009-12-18 NNE, 22 43 4.0 2 0 1012 Falling 11 1.3 6
15:00:00 Friday, 2009-12-18 NNE, 18 27 20.0 3 0 1013 Falling 11 1.4 7
12:00:00 Friday, 2009-12-18 E, 16 29 20.0 2 -3 1013 Rising 11 1.6 7
09:00:00 Friday, 2009-12-18 E, 30 39 20.0 1 -7 1012 Rising 11 1.9 6
06:00:00 Friday, 2009-12-18 ENE, 28 41 10.0 2 -4 1010 Rising 11 1.9 6
03:00:00 Friday, 2009-12-18 E, 35 45 20.0 2 -2 1008 Rising 11 1.9 7
00:00:00 Friday, 2009-12-18 E, 24 30 4.0 1 -1 1005 Rising 11 1.9 7

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These come from the Met Office’s Marine Automatic Weather Station (MAWS) Network which covers the Western North Atlantic, North Sea and Bay of Biscay. Observations are made hourly 24 hours a day although we currently receive three hourly observations only for 11 Marine Buoys, 4 Island Stations and 4 Light Vessels. Data may be affected by buoy outages or other and some fields are only valid for manned observations as opposed to automatic ones. We show the last 24 hours data for each buoy.

 

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