After yesterdays lull, heavy, squally overnight showers with hail.

Luckily, we seem to be getting most of the rain at night recently, much brighter now with sunny spells developing. Showers still just to the east still.

The swell dropped to 8' at Sevenstones yesterday morning, then increased steadily to a significant wave height of 23' by 23:00. Still close to 20' now.. Looks nice in the sunny spells. http://www.sennen-cove.com/harbourcam.htm & https://www.minack.com/a-living-theatre/webcams/

Graham
Penzance

On Monday, January 4, 2016 at 1:14:13 PM UTC, Graham Easterling wrote:
After yesterdays lull, heavy, squally overnight showers with hail.

Luckily, we seem to be getting most of the rain at night recently, much brighter now with sunny spells developing. Showers still just to the east still.

The swell dropped to 8' at Sevenstones yesterday morning, then increased steadily to a significant wave height of 23' by 23:00. Still close to 20' now. Looks nice in the sunny spells. http://www.sennen-cove.com/harbourcam.htm & https://www.minack.com/a-living-theatre/webcams/

Graham
Penzance

Great picture of the today's swell breaking over Longships Lighthouse. http://www.sennen-cove.com/4jan16.htm To gice an ides of scale the Lighthous is 35 meters high and over 1 mile offshore.

Graham
Penzance

On Monday, January 4, 2016 at 4:04:58 PM UTC, Graham Easterling wrote:
On Monday, January 4, 2016 at 1:14:13 PM UTC, Graham Easterling wrote:
After yesterdays lull, heavy, squally overnight showers with hail.

Luckily, we seem to be getting most of the rain at night recently, much brighter now with sunny spells developing. Showers still just to the east still.

The swell dropped to 8' at Sevenstones yesterday morning, then increased steadily to a significant wave height of 23' by 23:00. Still close to 20' now. Looks nice in the sunny spells. http://www.sennen-cove.com/harbourcam..htm & https://www.minack.com/a-living-theatre/webcams/

Graham
Penzance

Great picture of the today's swell breaking over Longships Lighthouse. http://www.sennen-cove.com/4jan16.htm To gice an ides of scale the Lighthous is 35 meters high and over 1 mile offshore.

Graham
Penzance

Sorry about the typing, the battery in the keyboard's going, a disaster when combined with my typing. The last sentence, translated into English, should read
"To give an idea of scale the Lighthouse is 35 meters high and over 1 mile offshore."

Graham

On Mon, 4 Jan 2016 08:04:57 -0800 (PST), Graham Easterling
wrote:

On Monday, January 4, 2016 at 1:14:13 PM UTC, Graham Easterling wrote:
After yesterdays lull, heavy, squally overnight showers with hail.

Luckily, we seem to be getting most of the rain at night recently, much brighter now with sunny spells developing. Showers still just to the east still.

The swell dropped to 8' at Sevenstones yesterday morning, then increased steadily to a significant wave height of 23' by 23:00. Still close to 20' now. Looks nice in the sunny spells. http://www.sennen-cove.com/harbourcam.htm & https://www.minack.com/a-living-theatre/webcams/

Graham
Penzance

Great picture of the today's swell breaking over Longships Lighthouse. http://www.sennen-cove.com/4jan16.htm To gice an ides of scale the Lighthous is 35 meters high and over 1 mile offshore.

Graham
Penzance


Nice one, Graham. It must have been quite an exciting posting when it had
resident Keepers :-)

--
Norman Lynagh
Tideswell, Derbyshire
303m a.s.l.
http://peakdistrictweather.org

On Monday, January 4, 2016 at 5:12:11 PM UTC, Norman Lynagh wrote:
On Mon, 4 Jan 2016 08:04:57 -0800 (PST), Graham Easterling
wrote:

On Monday, January 4, 2016 at 1:14:13 PM UTC, Graham Easterling wrote:
After yesterdays lull, heavy, squally overnight showers with hail.

Luckily, we seem to be getting most of the rain at night recently, much brighter now with sunny spells developing. Showers still just to the east still.

The swell dropped to 8' at Sevenstones yesterday morning, then increased steadily to a significant wave height of 23' by 23:00. Still close to 20' now. Looks nice in the sunny spells. http://www.sennen-cove.com/harbourcam.htm & https://www.minack.com/a-living-theatre/webcams/

Graham
Penzance

Great picture of the today's swell breaking over Longships Lighthouse. http://www.sennen-cove.com/4jan16.htm To gice an ides of scale the Lighthous is 35 meters high and over 1 mile offshore.

Graham
Penzance


Nice one, Graham. It must have been quite an exciting posting when it had
resident Keepers :-)

--
Norman Lynagh
Tideswell, Derbyshire
303m a.s.l.
http://peakdistrictweather.org

When I was a lad living at Atlantic Crescent Sennen, the Longships was still manned. When on dry land the keepers lived in cottages at the end of Maria's lane, Sennen, (now holiday lets). The lighthouse was automated in 1988 (I think).

What amazes me is that they managed to construct the lighthouse at all, let alone in a way that they can withstand all the Atlantic can throw at them.

Bishop Rock must be one of the most amazing achievements, I've been out to it. It's to the west of the Isles of Scilly for those that are unaware of it's location. The lowest part of the lighthouse is below the high water mark.

Bit of background for anyone interested. http://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/lighth...shop_rock.html

Graham
Penzance