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Old July 5th 08, 08:42 PM posted to uk.sci.weather
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Default Springs + Rain + Southerly gales for the South Coast on Saturday= flooding?

On Jul 5, 5:49*pm, Alan White wrote:
On Sat, 5 Jul 2008 09:08:10 -0700 (PDT), Graham Easterling

wrote:
Well, wind's not gale force in the Channel, or on exposed headlands
(say Culdrose - Force 6, or Portland Force 5) and the tide's not that
big, and the swell's not that large, peaked at 15' at Sevenstones (was
15'-18' when we went on that RIB Alan),...


That was 'interesting'...at least, for me.

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