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Old February 25th 15, 05:27 PM posted to uk.sci.weather
Graham Easterling[_3_] Graham Easterling[_3_] is offline
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Default Penzance - Sunny Spells, V Mild

On Wednesday, February 25, 2015 at 4:56:25 PM UTC, Freddie wrote:
On Wed, 25 Feb 2015 16:55:06 +0000, Freddie
wrote:
On Wed, 25 Feb 2015 07:58:48 -0800 (PST), Graham Easterling
wrote:
A very different day to yesterday, which was really rather wild
http://www.sennen-cove.com/24feb15.htm (Doesn't the breakwater

look puny? =
It helps give scale to the sea.



I saw a report on the sea conditions at Sennen on the Spotlight
Southwest news after the 10pm news on BBC1 (I was in Devon
yesterday).

I should make clear that it was the 10pm news yesterday.

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Freddie
Pontesbury, Shropshire
102m AMSL
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Yes, it's a favoured spot for big wave watching for a good reason! The headland the waves often break right over protects the the cove to a considerable extent from the wind as well as the sea. In fact, in a SW gale the cove's a very sheltered spot - windwise.

Graham