Channel Lightship has been replaced by a light buoy. Visibility measurements are not currently being produced while new systems are undergoing quality control testing.
Coast and sea
Marine observations - Channel
- Location 49.917, -2.883
- Altitude 0 m above mean sea level
Monday (3 February 2025)
| 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 |
11.0°
|
10.8°
|
10.9°
|
10.8°
|
10.7°
|
10.6°
|
10.7°
|
10.7°
|
10.7°
|
10.7°
|
10.8°
|
10.8°
|
10.7°
|
| Wind Direction and speed |
SSW
16
|
SSW
16
|
SSW
16
|
SW
14
|
SW
13
|
SW
13
|
SW
11
|
SSW
12
|
SSW
14
|
SSW
14
|
S
16
|
S
19
|
S
18
|
| Visibility | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 5 |
| Humidity | 82% | 85% | 85% | 84% | 87% | 86% | 85% | 84% | 74% | 76% | 75% | 75% | 83% |
| Pressure | 1,025 | 1,025 | 1,025 | 1,025 | 1,025 | 1,025 | 1,025 | 1,025 | 1,025 | 1,025 | 1,025 | 1,024 | 1,024 |
| Dew point temperature | 8.0° | 8.4° | 8.4° | 8.2° | 8.6° | 8.3° | 8.2° | 8.1° | 6.2° | 6.7° | 6.5° | 6.5° | 8.0° |
| Sea Temperature | 11.1° | 11.1° | 11.1° | 11.1° | 11.1° | 11.1° | 11.1° | 11.0° | 11.0° | 11.0° | 11.0° | 11.0° | 11.0° |
Tuesday (4 February 2025)
| 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 |
10.8°
|
10.8°
|
11.0°
|
10.4°
|
10.2°
|
10.0°
|
10.0°
|
10.1°
|
10.1°
|
10.1°
|
10.2°
|
10.4°
|
11.0°
|
11.4°
|
11.6°
|
11.6°
|
11.5°
|
10.6°
|
10.9°
|
11.1°
|
11.3°
|
11.2°
|
11.1°
|
11.0°
|
| Wind Direction and speed |
S
21
|
S
19
|
S
18
|
S
20
|
S
21
|
S
20
|
SSE
20
|
S
21
|
S
21
|
S
21
|
S
23
|
S
22
|
S
22
|
S
23
|
SSW
23
|
SSW
24
|
SSW
21
|
W
15
|
W
12
|
W
13
|
W
14
|
W
15
|
WNW
16
|
WNW
15
|
| Visibility | 10 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Humidity | 80% | 82% | 83% | 86% | 86% | 85% | 85% | 84% | 84% | 84% | 83% | 85% | 85% | 83% | 84% | 88% | 92% | 91% | 89% | 88% | 85% | 75% | 70% | 69% |
| Pressure | 1,024 | 1,024 | 1,024 | 1,024 | 1,023 | 1,023 | 1,023 | 1,022 | 1,022 | 1,023 | 1,023 | 1,023 | 1,023 | 1,022 | 1,022 | 1,023 | 1,023 | 1,025 | 1,026 | 1,027 | 1,028 | 1,029 | 1,030 | 1,031 |
| Dew point temperature | 7.5° | 7.9° | 8.2° | 8.1° | 8.0° | 7.6° | 7.6° | 7.6° | 7.5° | 7.6° | 7.4° | 8.0° | 8.6° | 8.7° | 8.9° | 9.7° | 10.2° | 9.2° | 9.1° | 9.2° | 8.8° | 6.9° | 5.8° | 5.5° |
| Sea Temperature | 11.1° | 11.1° | 11.1° | 11.1° | 11.1° | 11.1° | 11.0° | 11.0° | 11.0° | 11.0° | 11.0° | 11.0° | 11.1° | 11.1° | 11.1° | 11.1° | 11.1° | 11.1° | 11.1° | 11.0° | 11.0° | 11.0° | 11.0° | 11.0° |
Wednesday (5 February 2025)
| 00:00 | 01:00 | 02:00 | 03:00 | 04:00 | 05:00 | 06:00 | 07:00 | 08:00 | 09:00 | 10:00 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temperature |
10.8°
|
10.8°
|
10.7°
|
10.7°
|
10.8°
|
10.7°
|
10.7°
|
10.6°
|
10.7°
|
10.8°
|
10.7°
|
| Wind Direction and speed |
W
13
|
W
12
|
W
12
|
W
14
|
W
12
|
W
12
|
W
11
|
W
9
|
WSW
7
|
W
7
|
W
7
|
| Visibility | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 10 |
| Humidity | 68% | 66% | 69% | 65% | 70% | 67% | 70% | 67% | 71% | 67% | 70% |
| Pressure | 1,032 | 1,033 | 1,034 | 1,034 | 1,035 | 1,036 | 1,036 | 1,037 | 1,037 | 1,038 | 1,039 |
| Dew point temperature | 5.1° | 4.6° | 5.3° | 4.4° | 5.6° | 4.9° | 5.5° | 4.8° | 5.7° | 5.0° | 5.4° |
| Sea Temperature | 11.0° | 11.0° | 11.0° | 11.1° | 11.1° | 11.0° | 11.0° | 11.0° | 11.0° | 11.0° | 11.0° |
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