Weather and Climate

I'm just pulling your leg :) I did initially think the video was from the same day though. On

19.12.1981. "Eight courageous Cornishmen, members of the RNLI lifeboat Solomon Browne,

Penzance is relatively sheltered, but still a F7-8. Recent gust to 58mph. John Chappell's site

Penzance is completely blown flat this monring, with a directly offshore F7-8. No trains at all The

Plenty of pictures of Penzance prom on the local news. The swell's been building all day. https:/

Coastal gale this afternoon. Mean speed up to 40mph at St Mary's Airport, Scilly. Gust to 59mph

The Minack, really quite something now. Obviously closed to visitors Prom from a safe distance. Cars

No trains west of Exeter this afternoon. Even if they got past Dawlish there's so much debris on

During that gale the Sennen boat lifeboat had a very difficult rescue, 10 miles off Pendeen, 15 miles

Noisy gale for a couple of hours around 2-3 am south London. And what about all that coastal flooding

See my post about the very different effect of those SE winds to the lee of the Scottish mountains.

I need to go out but will have to wait for the cold front, after which the current gale should abate.

Lastly (I'll shut up now,) look here for some great pictures of Porthleven, which as usual was

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-cornwall-65262392 On Wednesday, 12 April 2023 at 20:14:37

Stithians is actually overflowing, SW Water currently show it as 98.5% full. So if they are pumping

Sennen harbour yesterday afternoon - very pretty I rather liked this in the Cove Diary "It has

It seems to have been too windy for gliders to be able to take off to explore what were clearly

Rather them than me, it was gusting >80mph at Gwennap Head at the time. https://www.cornwalllive.

It was the worst gale in west Cornwall, certainly easily the most damaging, of the year. It's

Where is it? Associated with the low which has been sitting around in mid Atlantic generating a

I'm surprised at the Culdrose figures, they are down even on Camborne. On St Mary's the MEAN

Copley 11:10Z SW 36G43KT 9th gale day this month, 11in past 28 days Mean 24hr wind so far this month

The Met Office thinks so: https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/press-office/news/weather-and-climate

Hello, Jack, Thanks for the input. The Pennine lee wave is a notable feature in this area. No, Jack,

Slowly abating, down to W35G42KT at 1350Z Ready for Storm Corrie tomorrow, just time to re-attach my

Title should be 'You wait 10 months then 2 come at once.' Up until Bella, the last gale in

Looking at various sites, it appears most coastal locations in Cornwall, exposed to the west, got

Rather nicer here at the moment. Wind W force 2 - cloudless - temp 2.9°C. A weather nut, asked to

Transformation in sea conditions this today. Perranuthnoe, 4 miles from Penzance on the south coast.

I'm behind the times. It might be Aiden unless the French get in first with Alex. Len