Weather and Climate

I used to work for the Steamship Co (Isles of Scilly Skybus & Isles of Scilly steamship.) There

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

MagicSeaweed predicted 12-16' at Sennen today, and if anything that was an underestimate, easily

Accurate swell forecast, it was very, very big overnight. The biggest sets would have been approx 50%

A big swell arrived in the early hours, decreasing now but still big. Lifeguards are on at Sennen

I think what I meant by 'depressions stuck in mid Atlantic' was the fact that earlier hot

Wind's become a F2 offshore westerly, the temperature has responded, has now (14:30) topped. 24C.

There are also a few showers around, though big gaps between them. The maximum temperature around 18C

A repeat of yesterday, hard to sot the difference, apart from a raft of oarweed in the foreground..

Thundery air well to the east now, the swell has gone down, the salt spray's largely gone, E

The rain cleared around 10:30 to give a mainly sunny afternoon with low cloud based small Cu scudding

Sea conditions in west Cornwall are now really atrocious. There's a big powerful swell, 2 hours

Amusing blog. Thanks for the link. Jack

It's the melting Arctic ice through glabal warming that has weakened the westerly winds Graham. :

A touch of ground frost after an overnight minimum of 2.9C. Unbroken sunshine & near calm

Approaching half tide now, yet it's still surging up the valley at Vallendreath & covering

On top of which a swell height peaking near 30ft coming into Mount's Bay. Praa Sands for tomorrow

I have been liviing near the sea for the past 10 years, I spent my first 20 years in Great Yarmouth

Well, certainly 'warm' for mid November, maximum close to 15C. Also good sunny spell, high

Seeing those waves I just had to pop out. F3-4 offshore wind on the beach, rather less than forecast

The same swell sent wave setup surges up the river through Bude. Reported in the press as a tidal

The cloud lowered somewhat this afternoon, but a rather convenient 'wave hole' developed when

Beat you there. Graham. 27.0 mm at Hughes Hall - a series of heavy showers throughout the night. No

The lifeguard trying to block access, fairly successfully luckily. He won't want to rescue people

Up to 18.2C @ 10:00, warmest day of the year coming up. I was wrong, the wind veered onshore at held

I agree Graham. People think they will be alright. They like fairground rides. But for 2+ hours? I

Much smaller swell now. Significant wave height (biggest swells would have been approx 50% bigger)

Sorry, this should be the link https://www.classic.co.uk/webcams/cornwall/sennen.html Graham

Here's a photo (colourised from original B&W) I took as a 15 year old in 1954. Great Yarmouth