The most notable thing about this chilly winter in these parts has been the
almost complete lack of wind from an East to North East direction.(Despite
the many long term forecasts of such) Bar February 1st I have not seen what
could be termed a snow shower, even in the air. Being approximately twenty
miles from the Essex coast we always get a few flurries off of the North
Sea, even in the mildest winters, although in recent years these rarely
settle. Perhaps it will be the way of the Spring this year.

Dave.

SNIP
On 15 Mar, 17:11, "Dave Cornwell"
wrote:
The most notable thing about this chilly winter in these parts has been the
almost complete lack of wind from an East to North East direction.(Despite
the many long term forecasts of such) .

Dave.

Same here. This lack of easterlies has had an impact on the sand
levels on beaches. Beaches facing east like Porthminster at St Ives
have very high sand levels. West facing beaches like Sennen are
missing the normal 'bank' of sand at the top of the beach that an
offshore wind creates (Surface water blown out so sand brought in by
the countering current at depth.) The beach profile is exceptionally
flat.

Graham
Penzance

On Sun, 15 Mar 2009 at 10:29:32, Graham Easterling
wrote in uk.sci.weather :


SNIP
On 15 Mar, 17:11, "Dave Cornwell"
wrote:
The most notable thing about this chilly winter in these parts has been the
almost complete lack of wind from an East to North East direction.(Despite
the many long term forecasts of such) .

Dave.

Same here. This lack of easterlies has had an impact on the sand
levels on beaches. Beaches facing east like Porthminster at St Ives
have very high sand levels.

So what's new?

In all the times I've been to St Ives, I've never seen the sea reach
right up to the wall on Porthminster, even on the highest tides.
--
Paul Hyett, Cheltenham (change 'invalid83261' to 'blueyonder' to email me)

On 15 Mar, 19:31, Paul Hyett wrote:
On Sun, 15 Mar 2009 at 10:29:32, Graham Easterling
wrote in uk.sci.weather :



SNIP
On 15 Mar, 17:11, "Dave Cornwell"
wrote:
The most notable thing about this chilly winter in these parts has been the
almost complete lack of wind from an East to North East direction.(Despite
the many long term forecasts of such) .

Dave.

Same here. This lack of easterlies has had an impact on the sand
levels on beaches. Beaches facing east like Porthminster at St Ives
have very high sand levels.

So what's new?

In all the times I've been to St Ives, I've never seen the sea reach
right up to the wall on Porthminster, even on the highest tides.
--
Paul Hyett, Cheltenham (change 'invalid83261' to 'blueyonder' to email me)

At Porthminster an easterly or NE sea gradually eats into the sand at
the high tide mark, forming quite a steep edge commonly 6-8' in
height. (1 tide with a easterly gale & a heavy ground swell can easily
remove 4' of sand.) In a winter with numerous easterlies this steep
edge can get close to the wall at the top of the beach but, except on
a few notable occasions doesn't reach it. (The last time was sometime
in the 90's when a few of the beach huts were reached.)

If you are genuinely interested, email me & I'll try & dig out some
photos for comparison. Believe me, currently the sand level would be
considered very high even in summer.

It's important to remember that beaches rarely look similar from 1
week to the next.

Graham
Penzance

On 15 Mar, 20:34, Graham Easterling
wrote:
On 15 Mar, 19:31, Paul Hyett wrote:





On Sun, 15 Mar 2009 at 10:29:32, Graham Easterling
wrote in uk.sci.weather :

SNIP
On 15 Mar, 17:11, "Dave Cornwell"
wrote:
The most notable thing about this chilly winter in these parts has been the
almost complete lack of wind from an East to North East direction.(Despite
the many long term forecasts of such) .

Dave.

Same here. This lack of easterlies has had an impact on the sand
levels on beaches. Beaches facing east like Porthminster at St Ives
have very high sand levels.

So what's new?

In all the times I've been to St Ives, I've never seen the sea reach
right up to the wall on Porthminster, even on the highest tides.
--
Paul Hyett, Cheltenham (change 'invalid83261' to 'blueyonder' to email me)

At Porthminster an easterly or NE sea gradually eats into the sand at
the high tide mark, forming quite a steep edge commonly 6-8' in
height. (1 tide with a easterly gale & a heavy ground swell can easily
remove 4' of *sand.) In a winter with numerous easterlies this steep
edge can get close to the wall at the top of the beach but, except on
a few notable occasions doesn't reach it. (The last time was sometime
in the 90's when a few of the beach huts were reached.)

If you are genuinely interested, email me & I'll try & dig out some
photos for comparison. Believe me, currently the sand level would be
considered very high even in summer.

It's important to remember that beaches rarely look similar from 1
week to the next.

Graham
Penzance- Hide quoted text -

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Just noticed Cornwall CAM has just been to Carbis Bay, next beach to
Porthminster, where the sand level is also high. www.cornwallcam.co.uk/
During winters with frequent easterlies all the sand can be removed
from the top of the beach, revealing a line of boulders. 1 winter in
the early 90's you had to climb over 20m or so of boulders to get onto
the beach from the cafe.

Graham