.. . anything but pleasant now.

Yesterday a very attractive mackerel sky cleared to give good sunny spells with a generally F2-3 offshore wind descending off the moors. As a result the max of 11.2C was probably the warmest in the UK.

Clear skies early in the night allowed the temperature to drop sharply to 2.0C.

Rain arrived well before dawn. 6.6mm having fallen by 09:00, and the rain is currently moderate to heavy.

11:00 AM Sennen Swim - Lovely day for it, best weather on Christmas Day for a long time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GX-Vwby3LSo

Probably the largest number at any Christmas swim in the UK. Didn't include me.

Graham
Penzance

On Friday, December 26, 2014 9:20:10 AM UTC, Graham Easterling wrote:
. . anything but pleasant now.

Yesterday a very attractive mackerel sky cleared to give good sunny spells with a generally F2-3 offshore wind descending off the moors. As a result the max of 11.2C was probably the warmest in the UK.

Clear skies early in the night allowed the temperature to drop sharply to 2.0C.

Rain arrived well before dawn. 6.6mm having fallen by 09:00, and the rain is currently moderate to heavy.

11:00 AM Sennen Swim - Lovely day for it, best weather on Christmas Day for a long time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GX-Vwby3LSo

Graham
Penzance

Just topped 10C, we are briefly back in the mild air. Also the rain's eased off and it's something resembling daylight.

Still only 6 days have failed to reach 10C this Autumn/Winter (so far) and none since 13 December. That's likely to change tomorrow!

Graham

On Fri, 26 Dec 2014 01:20:10 -0800 (PST), Graham Easterling
wrote:

. . anything but pleasant now.

Yesterday a very attractive mackerel sky cleared to give good sunny spells with a generally F2-3 offshore wind descending off the moors. As a result the max of 11.2C was probably the warmest in the UK.

Clear skies early in the night allowed the temperature to drop sharply to 2.0C.

Rain arrived well before dawn. 6.6mm having fallen by 09:00, and the rain is currently moderate to heavy.

11:00 AM Sennen Swim - Lovely day for it, best weather on Christmas Day for a long time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GX-Vwby3LSo

Probably the largest number at any Christmas swim in the UK. Didn't include me.

Graham
Penzance

Also had a min of 1.8c in Mylor.
Glorious on Gyllyngvase beach Falmouth in the afternoon... lots of
swimmers

On Friday, December 26, 2014 5:42:07 PM UTC, Chesh wrote:
On Fri, 26 Dec 2014 01:20:10 -0800 (PST), Graham Easterling
wrote:

. . anything but pleasant now.

Yesterday a very attractive mackerel sky cleared to give good sunny spells with a generally F2-3 offshore wind descending off the moors. As a result the max of 11.2C was probably the warmest in the UK.

Clear skies early in the night allowed the temperature to drop sharply to 2.0C.

Rain arrived well before dawn. 6.6mm having fallen by 09:00, and the rain is currently moderate to heavy.

11:00 AM Sennen Swim - Lovely day for it, best weather on Christmas Day for a long time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GX-Vwby3LSo

Probably the largest number at any Christmas swim in the UK. Didn't include me.

Graham
Penzance

Also had a min of 1.8c in Mylor.
Glorious on Gyllyngvase beach Falmouth in the afternoon... lots of
swimmers

Yes, I like Gyllyngvase, especially on a nice day at this time of year, it get's so busy in the summer.

It also has the advantage of facing the winter sun. Sennen Cove, all along the road to the lifeboat house, gets no sun for 6 or 7 weeks, the sun never rises above the cliff. You have to walk along the beach at low tide to get sunshine!

Very windy here now, gusting 45mph in Penzance where the wind's offshore. Recent gust of 52kt in St Ives. The low has really wound itself up, F8 out at Sevenstones.

Some nice pictures of yesterdays pleasant sunshine on Cornwall CAM http://www.cornwallcam.co.uk/

Graham
Penzance

Very windy here now, gusting 45mph in Penzance where the wind's offshore. Recent gust of 52kt in St Ives. The low has really wound itself up, F8 out at Sevenstones.

Graham
Penzance

Now F8 at Scilly, Land's End and the exposed N coast, F9 over the sea at Sevenstones.

Also the swell's been building all day.

Sevenstones
13:00 - Just 4'
18:00 8'
19:00 12'
21:00 15'

Very short period though.

Graham
Penzance

On Friday, December 26, 2014 8:28:06 PM UTC, Nick Gardner wrote:
On 26/12/2014 20:05, Graham Easterling wrote:
It also has the advantage of facing the winter sun. Sennen Cove, all along the road to the lifeboat house, gets no sun for 6 or 7 weeks, the sun never rises above the cliff. You have to walk along the beach at low tide to get sunshine!

The difference between the north and south coasts can be really stark in
the winter and early spring. On many trips over to the north coast where
most of the beach and cliffs remain in shade make it feel like cold and
dark places at this time of year.

On a sunny, winter's day a south-facing beach is a different world with
the sun's reflection off the sea doubling the 'hit'. The cliffs can
become very warm and in any shelter from a breeze you can even have a
summer-type of sunbathe around midday. I've even got sunburnt on
occasions. Try doing that at the base of the cliffs in Newquay or
Lynmouth in the winter.....brrrrr!

--
Nick Gardner
Otter Valley (and with beavers too), Devon
20 m amsl
http://www.ottervalley.co.uk

You do get sun on the beach at Sennen, as it faces WNW and is backed by dunes (as of course you know, and you can tell by the Xmas swim youtube clip). But it is a welcome sign late January when the sun starts hitting the road along the cove (which faces N) again!

Graham
Penzance

On 26/12/2014 21:52, Graham Easterling wrote:
You do get sun on the beach at Sennen, as it faces WNW and is backed by dunes (as of course you know, and you can tell by the Xmas swim youtube clip). But it is a welcome sign late January when the sun starts hitting the road along the cove (which faces N) again!

Walked along the coast path then headed down onto the beach today.
Compared to the cliff-top (and every else it seems) the beach with its
high, steep south-facing cliffs was a massive 'climate' away.

The sun-warmed sand/rocks and cliffs with a double-hit reflection off
the sea from the sun, and no wind made it feel warm, dry and just right
for a snooze (no coat/jumper needed).

So nice to be surrounded by intensely bright and warm sunlight.

We awoke after an hour or so and now both have lightly sunburnt faces
and arms!

--
Nick Gardner
Otter Valley, Devon
20 m amsl
http://www.ottervalley.co.uk