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Graham Easterling[_3_] · October 24th 15, 08:10 PM posted to uk.sci.weather

On Saturday, October 24, 2015 at 7:29:52 PM UTC+1, Len Wood wrote:
On Saturday, 24 October 2015 19:11:25 UTC+1, Scott W wrote:
Yes, it's fast approaching that time when if a slow moving front tracks across the U.K. it can often be one of those days when it never really gets light. A couple of people I spoke to today said they would gladly go into hibernation now and emerge at the end of March...
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Just got back from the Penwith Peninsula.
Boy is it brown.
Brown everywhere you look. Brown,brown, brown.
Has the bracken turned early this year?

Did n't think that the autumn has been particulary cold.
But that bit of land sticking out into the N.Atlantic has a strange climate and may have been affected by the the below normal SSTs.

Len
Wembury, SW Devon
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?? It's just the reddish brown of the bracken as far as I can see. (Penwith isn't renowned for it's tree cover - except just around Penzance). I would say it's completely typical. Perhaps a bit redder due to the very dry conditions. Also the spray from the consistent October surf on dry ground has burnt the cliff tops a bit, and not done sea front garden much good. They need a bit of rain occasionally to wash the salt off.

Couple of my cliff top pictures from a couple of weeks back looking towards Land's End http://www.easterling.freeserve.co.uk/bracken.html (I've made sure the monstrosity constructed by Peter D'Savary has been hidden by the 2nd picture!)

Much the same now, today http://www.sennen-cove.com/index.htm

Starting to looks as if there'll be a lot of gorse out in a few weeks.

Temperature running about 0.4C above normal so far this month. Lowest max 14.2C.

It has been very dry, though last nights rain has pushed the monthly total up to approx 25mm.

In case you missed it, http://www.easterling.freeserve.co.uk/octsurf.html it's been great much of the month, even when a certain local weather forecaster said there was none.

Graham
Penzance