Penzance - Beautiful warm unbroken sunshine.

[Graham Easterling]

It certainly wasn't forecast to be like this 3 days OK. 20.5C at noon, sea breeze effect has virtually killed the light NW wind. But the most notable thing is how deep blue the sky is. Not even a wisp of cirrus or smallest contrail currently.

From my garden 13:00 - no enhancement

At Lands End around 10:15, when there was a little high cloud ro the west. The lighthouse is Longships. Scilly wasn't quite visible from the mainland, but it wouldn't really be visible from the altitude of that photo in any case. Possibly just a slight lump on the horizon.

The change in the weather is still awaited, unless you count the 0.6mm in a shower at dawn yesterday. In fact the last 2 days have been 2 of the best here, as we've lost the onshore E wind and kept bucketloads of sunshine. Today the south coasts of Devon & Cornwall appear to be the warmest in the UK.

The innacurate forecasts < 24 hours out (at least for west Cornwall, and apparently as far as Wembury) are very irksome for people who really on sunny weather trade. From the Boathose Stores, Sennen ". . .the Meteorological Office and the BBC forecasts which had pegged the rain as lasting most of the morning and a good deal heavier. It is a fair bet that such a forecast drove our customers to seek alternative entertainment today and would explain why business was as flat as the water in the bay." 

Sadly, most people now believe postcode forecasts more than what they can see by opening their eyes. Still I'm sure Next did well, possibly not M&S at Hayle.

Graham

Penzance

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See my post about good and bad weather.  Jack

[Graham Easterling]

I don't see why it's necessary not to use subjective words. I don't think I used the words 'good' or 'bad' but the sunshine was 'unbroken', I think it would have felt 'warm 'to most people from the UK, and I did find the deep blue sky 'beautiful'

Beautiful is not the same as good or bad,. After all many would find something destructive, like say a volcanic eruption at night time beautiful. An event clearly 'bad' for some people.

Most of my weather reports contain a description using some subjective words, backed up by photos & actual data. I'm fine with that. Where I fall down is all the typos, for which I apologise.

Lovely morning for a swim this mornig. Temperature at noon near 19C in an increasing westerly breeze.

Graham

Penzance

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A TV presenter on Sunday morning tried to be chatty with some comment about a "day of rainbows" and added "sunshine and showers".  Perhaps the lady needs to be informed that for much of the day, the sun's altitude (even in north Scotland) is greater than 42 degrees - too high for rainbows.

So again I make my point.  Had she simply stuck to facts and not made that rainbow comment, it would have been a more believable forecast.  I accept that I am a pedant, but when she spoke about rainbows, I switched off: how could I expect to find the remainder of the forecast to be of much value?

Jack

[Metman2012]

There is one way you could see a rainbow during the day at this time of year. You have to be high up to see it though.  I have and it's the only time I've seen a complete circle. I was driving along the North Devon coast where the road is at some height, with a view down to the sea.  As you say, generally speaking people wouldn't see a rainbow ao a silly thing to say. I didn't get a photo of it though, much to my regret. I decided it would be a bit foolish as there was a hunt and hunt saboteurs having a bit of a to do. "I was looking at a complete rainbow Officer, really I was"...

[Graham Easterling]

There I would agree Jack, but that's rather different. It's not about a subjective adjective, which the majority would agree with, used in a statement like say "it should be a pleasant sunny day with a maximum of 21C and light winds". 

In the case you now quote, it's simply incorrect. Your irritation with this I would totally go along with. My pet hate is the term 'gale force gusts'. Apart from the fact the defination of a gale has nothing to do with gusts, it has lead to a completely devaluation of the word 'gale' in forecasts. Being a bit blustery is not a gale. (I have other pet hates!)

Still reached 19.0C here yesterday with high humidity & bursts of sunshine.

Graham

Penzance

On Sunday, 25 May 2025 at 06:33:28 UTC+1 jack.h...@gmail.com wrote:

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I have regularly seen full circle rainbows from the air.  Sometimes, if it is apparently 'projected' against clouds and if you are flying directly toward it, you almost have the impression of going through the rainbow as you get closer to the cloud.  But the actual size at 42 degrees radius doesn't change so it's a strange illusion..

Certainly you can see a rainbow below the horizontal from the ground if you are standing on a hill. I have some pictures but can't instantly find them.

Jack (near Nairn)