Unliked the well hyped St Jude's storm (yes I know it was a decent gale in some places, but not here) we now have a real gale anywhere a bit exposed.

Currently gusting 45-50mph in sheltered Penzance, the same as it peaked over the nearby moors during St Jude (E.g. peak gust of 44kt at Bosullow). Recent gusts close to 70mph om St. Mary's.

Sea conditions are very very poor,if you look at http://www.sennen-cove.com/harbourcam.htm before it get s dark, the breakwater disappears at times.

Graham
Penzance

On 2013-11-02 16:04:56 +0000, Graham Easterling said:

Unliked the well hyped St Jude's storm (yes I know it was a decent gale
in some places, but not here) we now have a real gale anywhere a bit
exposed.

Currently gusting 45-50mph in sheltered Penzance, the same as it peaked
over the nearby moors during St Jude (E.g. peak gust of 44kt at
Bosullow). Recent gusts close to 70mph om St. Mary's.

Sea conditions are very very poor,if you look at
http://www.sennen-cove.com/harbourcam.htm before it get s dark, the
breakwater disappears at times.

Graham
Penzance

Yes, I see what you mean.

Over in Wales, Mumbles have recently reported a gust of 73 knots.

On 02/11/2013 16:46, yttiw wrote:
On 2013-11-02 16:04:56 +0000, Graham Easterling said:

Unliked the well hyped St Jude's storm (yes I know it was a decent
gale in some places, but not here) we now have a real gale anywhere a
bit exposed.

Currently gusting 45-50mph in sheltered Penzance, the same as it
peaked over the nearby moors during St Jude (E.g. peak gust of 44kt at
Bosullow). Recent gusts close to 70mph om St. Mary's.

Sea conditions are very very poor,if you look at
http://www.sennen-cove.com/harbourcam.htm before it get s dark, the
breakwater disappears at times.

Graham
Penzance

Yes, I see what you mean.

Over in Wales, Mumbles have recently reported a gust of 73 knots.


Some of the impacts reported he

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-24785318

Graham Easterling wrote:
Unliked the well hyped St Jude's storm (yes I know it was a decent gale in some places, but not here) we now have a real gale anywhere a bit exposed.

Currently gusting 45-50mph in sheltered Penzance, the same as it peaked over the nearby moors during St Jude (E.g. peak gust of 44kt at Bosullow). Recent gusts close to 70mph om St. Mary's.

Sea conditions are very very poor,if you look at http://www.sennen-cove.com/harbourcam.htm before it get s dark, the breakwater disappears at times.

Graham
Penzance
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Nearly up to St Jude's levels then but I suspect it will be much more
prolonged as the 70 mph gusts were only for an hour or so max.
Some recent gusts up to 25mph but it felt a lot more if you were trying
to light fireworks for the grandchildren!
Dave S.Essex

Dave Cornwell wrote:
Graham Easterling wrote:
Unliked the well hyped St Jude's storm (yes I know it was a decent
gale in some places, but not here) we now have a real gale anywhere a
bit exposed.
Currently gusting 45-50mph in sheltered Penzance, the same as it
peaked over the nearby moors during St Jude (E.g. peak gust of 44kt at
Bosullow). Recent gusts close to 70mph om St. Mary's.
Sea conditions are very very poor,if you look at
http://www.sennen-cove.com/harbourcam.htm before it get s dark, the
breakwater disappears at times.

Graham
Penzance
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Nearly up to St Jude's levels then but I suspect it will be much more
prolonged as the 70 mph gusts were only for an hour or so max.
Some recent gusts up to 25mph but it felt a lot more if you were trying
to light fireworks for the grandchildren!
Dave S.Essex
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I said it felt stronger - it was - 36mph, looked at older data.
Dave

Nearly up to St Jude's levels then but I suspect it will be much more
prolonged as the 70 mph gusts were only for an hour or so max.


Dave S.Essex

Quietening down now, but you say it was quite long lasting.

See Sevenstones http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=62107 35kt from 11:00-18:00, swell 20' since 15:00

I particularly like this photo, it's hard to appreciate the size of waves but they make the fairly substantial breakwater look totally insigninficant. http://www.sennen-cove.com/lbtdy.htm You can just see the lifeboat slip at the left of the picture (sheltered? by the brakwater). It's lucky they didn't have to launch it through that sea.

It's a real shame the Land's End site is down.

Graham
Penzance