Sunny periods yesterday after overnight showers (with thunder). A max
of 18.7C.

Today I've just returned from 4 hours at Sennen, where the sunshine
was virtually unbroken (pretty medium cumulus just inland), the
visibility was very good, the sea was about the warmest all year
(certainly noticeably warmer than at any time in August, when there
seemed to be a bit pf a cool pool around Land's End), & the surf 4'+ &
clean. http://www.chapelidne.com/php/surf_report.php

Max in Penzance (so far) 20.1

Slack areas of low pressure often give some of the best weather right
on the coast, esp in September, when they often (as today) have
imported some warm humid air. September anticyclones have a habit of
being noticeably chillier. Today's felt like proper summer again.

Sharp showers just inland of the south coast from Falmouth eastwards
though, must be the effect of being too close to the English.

Graham
Penzance

Graham Easterling wrote:

Sharp showers just inland of the south coast from Falmouth eastwards
though, must be the effect of being too close to the English.

There have been a couple of heavy showers up here in Stithians - proper
stair-rod rain :-)
--
MCC

On 8 Sep, 14:45, MCC wrote:
Graham Easterling wrote:
Sharp showers just inland of the south coast from Falmouth eastwards
though, must be the effect of being too close to the English.

There have been a couple of heavy showers up here in Stithians - proper
stair-rod rain :-)
--
MCC

I didn't realised they streched so far west, until I just checked the
radar. Classic 'spinal' showers http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/radar/index.html
tending to drift over the coast of SE Cornwall now.

You're going to have to move to the coast! View from Land's End
http://www.landsendweather.info/ - still virtually cloud free.

Graham

Graham Easterling wrote:

On 8 Sep, 14:45, MCC wrote:
Graham Easterling wrote:
Sharp showers just inland of the south coast from Falmouth eastwards
though, must be the effect of being too close to the English.

There have been a couple of heavy showers up here in Stithians - proper
stair-rod rain :-)
--
MCC

I didn't realised they streched so far west, until I just checked the
radar. Classic 'spinal' showers http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/radar/index.html
tending to drift over the coast of SE Cornwall now.

You're going to have to move to the coast! View from Land's End
http://www.landsendweather.info/ - still virtually cloud free.

Graham

Nothing would give me greater pleasure than to live on the coast as I have
done all my life until these past 10 years.
The only reason we live up here was because this house was at least £10,000
cheaper than a similar one in Falmouth. But now that we are here we like it
and are unlikely to move. Nice and quiet as suits a pair of pensioners, no
vandalism, great neighbours, decent bus service to Truro but crap elsewhere
and not too far from either coast.
--
MCC

On Wed, 8 Sep 2010 at 06:32:44, Graham Easterling
wrote in uk.sci.weather :

Slack areas of low pressure often give some of the best weather right
on the coast, esp in September, when they often (as today) have
imported some warm humid air.

How about in early October, as that's when I'll be in your neck of the
woods?
--
Paul Hyett, Cheltenham (change 'invalid83261' to 'blueyonder' to email me)

On 8 Sep, 17:17, Paul Hyett wrote:
On Wed, 8 Sep 2010 at 06:32:44, Graham Easterling
wrote in uk.sci.weather :



Slack areas of low pressure often give some of the best weather right
on the coast, esp in September, when they often (as today) have
imported some warm humid air.

How about in early October, as that's when I'll be in your neck of the
woods?
--
Paul Hyett, Cheltenham (change 'invalid83261' to 'blueyonder' to email me)

Well, it changes through October.

During the 1st few days the same sort of thing applies. E.g 2nd Oct
2003 saw a completely dry, warm day with sunny periods & a max of
20.1C. Perhaps not what you might expect from the synoptic chart
http://www.wetterzentrale.de/archive...ka20031002.gif

However, in October there are 2 factors which make this sort of thing
less likely.

1. Slack areas of low pressure are less common than in September.
2. If you look at the SW rainfall radar for the last 2 days, the
showers over the sea largely disappear by mid morning, as they
develop inland. With the 'weaker' sun, the showers are not so keen to
migrate inland, instead they have a tendency to persist near windward
coasts, especially in the 2nd half of the month.

The email address was OK by the way - I'll get back to you.

Graham
Penzance

On Sep 8, 2:32*pm, Graham Easterling wrote:
Sunny periods yesterday after overnight showers (with thunder). A max
of 18.7C.

Today I've just returned from 4 hours at Sennen, where the sunshine
was virtually unbroken (pretty medium cumulus just inland), the
visibility was very good, the sea was about the warmest all year
(certainly noticeably warmer than at any time in August, when there
seemed to be a bit pf a cool pool around Land's End), & the surf 4'+ &
clean.http://www.chapelidne.com/php/surf_report.php

Max in Penzance (so far) 20.1

Slack areas of low pressure often give some of the best weather right
on the coast, esp in September, when they often (as today) have
imported some warm humid air. September anticyclones have a habit of
being noticeably chillier. Today's felt like proper summer again.

Sharp showers just inland of the south coast from Falmouth eastwards
though, must be the effect of being too close to the English.

Graham
Penzance

The coast is the coast Graham, whether you are in Cornwall or Devon.
Glorious, sparklingly clear day here in Wembury, but deeper convection
and showers inland.

Len Wood
Wembury, SW Devon

On Wed, 8 Sep 2010 at 11:07:00, Graham Easterling
wrote in uk.sci.weather :

The email address was OK by the way - I'll get back to you.

OK.
--
Paul Hyett, Cheltenham (change 'invalid83261' to 'blueyonder' to email me)