Weather and Climate

Bit more easterly here in Penzance = again @ 09:00 N 1 NE 2 E 8 SE 8 (sea front direction) S 0 SW 1 W

Ventusky: https://www.ventusky.com/ my favourite forecast site, had the winds at different heights

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

No particularly strong winds, peak at F5 in Penzance, maximum gust just 44mph on the cliff tops near

Nothing much has happened here, the strongest winds seem to have gone up the channel and onto the

Spells of rain this afternoon, but much less windy than than yesterday. Might to the SW of the rain,

We currently have an American (Jen - my wife's half niece) from Georgia staying with us. There

A human observer at Aviemore? Really? Agree though Len, the two events are not synchronous. Julian On

Named Winds: The Breezes that Shape Cultures Throughout human history, winds have played a crucial

After heavy rain this morning just the odd drizzly shower and bursts of sunshine this afternoon. Wind

Eventually maximum 18.7C, it's dropped back to 17.5C now. What's died back to a F2-3 but

It is the Easter holidays and, very unusually for April, the forecast for Wednesday is almost certain

I see that "windmills" are contributing a mere 2.6% of UK's electricity needs. Jack

5.3 mm here. Thunder showers seem to pass either side of us. frequent 40 mph gusts though during the

Cornwall got a good soaking but apparently not in the far west according to Graham. That's right,

It is often the the case in a SE wind, that the windiest spots in Cornwall are along along the north

Similar day so far today. A bit more breeze, an E F3-4 currently. Plenty of sunshine though, just a

That cold pool shows up well on today's satellite imagery Mainly sunny here, and the visibility

A maximum of 15.1C yesterday, the warmest day of 2022 beating 14.7C on 1st January. Daffs are mostly

Although the air was inherently cold on 4th / 5th this was offset by virtually unbroken sunshine and

Len asked: "How many times did you choose to go round Jack?" I can't recall it

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

That's truly shocking and a probably a big disappointment for the ladies. 😄 😄 Len On Thursday,

It seems autumn has finally arrived today. The temperature may have only dropped 2 or 3 degrees but

The lack of wind so far this September has been quite remarkable. I must check back in the records.

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

Temperature rose to 13.4C around 10:30 before the cloud thickened. 1st spots of rain around 10:50.

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

F4 verging on F5 here in SE facing Penzance. Often the case in an strong SE-E, the strongest gusts

I don't know what numbers to put on the gusts we had here but our shed roof is now damaged beyond