It has been very windy here in Bournemouth today. The wind has dropped now.
Looking awful here tomorrow according to the charts, definately not beach
weather!

Surf not that large here at the mo tho.

Bournemouth webcam
http://www.bournemouth-surfing.co.uk...php?cam=bourne


Gary
Bournemouth (Westbourne)
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"Dave Ludlow" wrote in message
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Went to visit relatives at Lee-on-Solent around 6:30 and I stopped off
at the beach when I saw the sea state, a classic force 7 or possibly
force 8, I thought. Unfortunately my handheld anemometer had a flat
battery (grrr!!!) but it was certainly hard at times to to walk
against the wind and a couple of kids on the beach had waves breaking
well above their heads (silly kids!).

With a temperature of 16 degrees C and the strong wind it felt like
Autumn had arrived a couple of months early. Solent MRSC reported a
wind speed 36mph/gust 45 at 7pm so it wouldn't surprise me if they had
a spell at gale force 8 some time between 6:30 and 7:30. Not your
average mid August day (though there wasn't much rain today).

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Dave
Reporting from Lee-on-the-Solent