Well, after such a warm, quiet, dry month so far. this'll take a bit of getting use to.

10.1mm of rain overnight, some heavy bursts with hail. It's a good F5 and increasing.

10.8C @ 09:00 after a minimum of 8.7C. My lowest ever September max was 13.0C on 29/09/93, today isn't going o be far off, despite an SST of 16C.

On top of which there's a big swell just arriving, causing today's Scillonian crossing to be cancelled. Sevenstones 5' at midnight, 14' now & forecast to to be the biggest since, well August actually.

We seem to have gone from Summer to Winter without time to acclimatise. At least the the camper vans are finally heading north, some had been parked in layby's so long the occupants had developed a Cornish accent.

No more bands in the Pirate garden, it's going to be lonely this winter.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0aDw3_S8H0

Graham
Penzance